"At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the people and communities live under severe deprivations and afflictions that are no fault of theirs."

"Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy."

"But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement."

"Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture."

"It's funny - when I first started as an actor, obviously there were long periods of being idle and all you want to do is work. So if I ever get the compulsion to feel like I should complain or feel like I want to take a break, I just remember how I was before and be very grateful for it."

"'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding."

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."

"Patience is a virtue because gratitude turns what we have into enough."