Be less generous with your advice: live it instead. It is a bad situation when someone with a coughing fit attempts to sell a cough mixture. After all, action speaks far louder than words; living the example is the best advice you can ever give. Only examples have children.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Collectively, as a people, we have to upgrade our standards and expectations of our political leaders and ourselves, hold them and our own selves accountable for the promises we make, and insist on specifics – projects, deadlines, processes, funds to be committed, and follow-up! Otherwise, we will continue to be dribbled and deceived, and nothing would get done.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Come to Africa and help! Wherever you may be in the world, there is something you can give back to the continent that gave you a name and an identity, at least.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Don’t cause wealth loss to your generation! Life is too short to be little. You have an impact to make on your generation and the time to start was yesterday.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Don’t under-rate the scope of your influence in your youth. Don’t think you have all the time to make a difference in this world. Recognize that both brown and green leaves fall to the ground.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Don’t wait till you have gray hair before you believe people will take you seriously because scientifically, gray hair is a sign of old age and not necessarily of wisdom.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Having the courage to speak one's mind is as important as knowing when the time is right to do so.

— Nana Awere Damoah

I grew up in an environment where the onus of raising a child was not on the parents alone but of the entire community. The logic is in that a child who becomes a burden or an armed robber becomes a threat not only to the parents but to a whole society!

— Nana Awere Damoah

I learned years ago not to use logic to understand African politics.

— Nana Awere Damoah

It is more blessed to give than to receive”, the Bible advocates. When it comes to advice, I humbly submit that it is more blessed to avail yourself of it, utilize it, apply it yourself, before you give it. Put it to use first before suggesting it to someone else.

— Nana Awere Damoah