This document contains 100 personal quotes and life lessons from SamObengTuudahDadeako. Some of the key themes discussed include: 1) The inevitability of death and importance of living wisely. 2) Maintaining balance in life through moderation in areas like sex, alcohol, and smoking. 3) The value of communication, applying knowledge, taking action and avoiding procrastination. 4) Living with gratitude, humility, honesty and avoiding arrogance, illusions and false expectations in relationships. 5) Trusting in God during difficulties and relying on Him as the ultimate source of comfort, strength and waymaking.

1. PERSONAL QUTESOF:
SamObengTuudahDadeako
1945 – 20XX

2. 1
“In the midst of life, death shows its ugly head. No
one wants to die, but ….”

3. 2
“W A T C H”
• W = Watch your Ways
• A = Watch your Actions
• T = Watch your Thoughts
• C = Watch Your Character
• H = Watch your Health

4. 3
MY 4 BALANCED LONG-AGE LIFE SECRETS
a.“A Balanced Sex Life” >Too much of it is …
b.“Alcohol” > Avoid hot-alcohol drinks if possible, but
look at 1 Tim 5:23
c. “Cigarette Smoking” > Avoid it altogether. It is not
necessary. You are buying disasters ….
d.“BE HAPPY” > You cannot get all the world’s riches.
Don’t imagine to being like that rich man. Stay and
budget with your income economically, effectively and
efficiently. Perhaps this point “d” should have been
point “a” above. Stay within your means and BE HAPPY.

5. 4
“Communication is life. No communication is
death.”

6. 5
“Knowledge is not wisdom. Applying knowledge –
inherent and/or acquired – to solving personal,
socio-economic and global issues effectively,
economically and efficiently is wisdom.”

7. 6
“Inaction is tantamount to stalemate and/or
inefficiency.”

8. 7
“Money talks, but wisdom survives in every sphere
of endeavour.”

9. 8
"As you eat food to nourish your body, so also
should you read consistently to develop your mind.
No one will take any advantage of you if you know
your stuff in your chosen subject discipline."

10. 9
“A human picture without a head and/or a face is
an image and/or an effigy hidden from humanity.”

11. 10
“Life and living are pieces of performance on the
actor’s stage in a specific environment. Acting
stops when your life - a living soul - becomes
immortal. The last stage is interment, awaiting
rapture if …...”

12. 11
“Measuring success is problematic unless the
measurer uses general or specific rules of
engagement – bank balance, wealth, assets,
recognition, social status, legacy, fame,
inheritance, etc. – all give different results
depending on the denominators used.”

13. 12
“Whatever you do on earth society will put a
‘grader’ mark on you whilst living or dead. You
know yourself better.”

14. 13
“It does not take only money to bring up successful
children. Children look first on your examples, love,
habits, experience, daily efforts, pieces of advice
and encouragement, societal values, etc. to lift
themselves up to achieve success – not ruling out
genetic intelligence completely.”

15. 14
“Precautionary measures and guided steps help
you to see the pitfalls ahead if you are pro-actively
mindful of events. Reactive management is always
a disaster and costly to amend.”

16. 15
“Wasting my time is wasting my life. I don’t give
time-wasters a foothold in my life, if they are
paying for my professional services or not.”

17. 16
“Love is wonderful. Any first love is great, but
sometimes fragile and must be nurtured. The
fragility – if broken – may be with disastrously
dangerous consequences.”

18. 17
“In the heat of things, be very careful what you
say. Spoken words are irretrievable. Words can
build up; words can destroy. Words strengthen
people; words weaken people. Words can create
wars, words can bring peace. Beware what you
say !!!!!!!.”
“Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what
comes out of the mouth; this defiles a man.” Matthew
15:11 NKJV

19. 18
“Any first training or speaking to people in public
with a presentation is more challenging. You are
not alone. Calm your nerves down. Smile while
looking straight in the eyes of members of the
audience to muster courage. Be yourself and the
audience will appraise and appreciate your
presentation at the end.”

20. 19
“There are many types of prayer. I know
seventeen. But Thanksgiving, Praise & Worship are
my daily favourite sacrifices. Thank Him for all His
provisions. Praise Him for who He is. And Worship
Him for His majesty.”
‘Holy, Holy, Holy...’ Isaiah 6:2-3

21. 20
“If you realise and accept that one day you will die,
you will use your time wisely.”

22. 21
“Friendliness magnetises friendliness which
sometimes gravitates into erotic or philia or
storage love.”

23. 22
“I do my good bits in my corner. If you do your bits
and all of us do our good bits, the world will be a
better place tomorrow.”

24. 23
“In the cosmos, magnetic impulses draw people of
like-minds together in projects and proactive
thinking for the good of mankind.”

25. 24
“Nothing is free in the world except natural air and
natural water at its source.”

26. 25
“My time is my life on earth.”

27. 26
“The path to success is littered with impediments.
A good decision-maker paddles through them.”

28. 27
“Life and living interact with frustrations. A little
sense of humour elevates you.”

29. 28
“Education is good. But it is useless if you cannot
apply what you have learnt to solve everyday
living issues.”

30. 29
“Appreciation is the receptacle of a favour.”

31. 30
“Undue favours corrupt and corrupt absolutely.”

32. 31
“Professionalism entails paying attention to details
and solving real life issues in your field of learning,
but not mere certificates.”

33. 32
“Procrastination is a stalemate which gives birth to
frustrations.”

34. 33
“Stress is either good or bad. An average level of
stress energises you to achieve your goals. Some
stress are unavoidable – death of a loved one,
redundancy, financial problems, etc. - You can
renew your mind to cope. Tomorrow is another
day. You can also avoid other stressful issues, if
you plan ahead. You are not alone.”

35. 34
“Comparing, complaining, concealing, conceiting,
confronting, confusing, conniving, contrasting,
contradicting and contrition (10cs) are all
antagonistic to contentment.”

36. 35
“Constructive criticism motivates people to
compliment efficiency whilst hate-infested and/or
negative criticism demoralises people to lower
productivity.”

37. 36
“Self-motivation is a healing balm.”

38. 37
“Every human name is precious and sweet in ears
of the individual. Treat it with great respect.”

39. 38
“Emotional intelligence differentiates a matured
professional from his/her immatured counterpart
when it comes to recognising their own emotions
vis-à-vis the emotions of others.”

40. 39
“Before you condemn or ridicule or negatively
criticise someone, first put yourself in the
recipient’s shoes before you deliver your bullets of
savour condemnations.”

41. 40
“Leadership is exerting some given and/or implied
authority. If it shifts into the excessive power, both
the leader and the led are damaged in their
pursuit of excellence.”

42. 41
“Honesty in accepting our shortcomings is a
prerequisite of peace in marriage and/or any other
human relationships – friendship, community or
society, workplace, church, etc.”

43. 42
“False illusions and expectations lead to unhealthy
relations in union or group or society.”

44. 43
“Counting on your past glories and achievements
makes you stagnant and unproductive in the
current dynamic atmosphere.”

45. 44
“It is a privilege to be led by God. If we humble
ourselves He reveals hidden Spiritual agenda.”

46. 45
“Every parent should always aim at blessing
his/her children. Parents’ spoken words can create
or destroy them in their daily lives. Four people
capable of cursing and/or blessing them are you
(two - father & mother), pastors and teachers. In
all situations choose to bless them.”

47. 46
“Human recognition is laudable, but God’s
recognition is irrevocable.”- (Revelations 3:5)

48. 47
“The presumptuous error of judging and/or
reading what is on the mind of your opponent is
detrimental to the harmonious human amicable
relationships.”

49. 48
“The test of times in life are many, but to see your
wife, husband, child, father, mother, et cetera put
into a coffin and being lowered into the grave is a
devastating stressful situation anyone will barely
bear in lifetimes. God is the only pillar of rescue.
Rely on Him.”

50. 49
“When you hear that someone has died, it doesn’t
become real to you in persona until a very close
relative is enveloped by the icy hands of death. It
then becomes very real. Look to Jesus Christ for
comfort.”

51. 50
“Anger erupts as a volcano either in desperation
or from a store of negative sentimental
accumulations.”

52. 51
“As you attend someone’s funeral be reminded
that, for sure, your turn will arrive one day in
future.”

53. 52
“If you teach others – either paid or unpaid – your
knowledge and experience exponentially increased
or enlarged.”

54. 53
“Any task written down and visibly displayed has a
higher probability of being done.”

55. 54
“Exalting yourself higher than your neighbour robs
you of your own potential growth.”

56. 55
“Volunteers for charitable societies are the unseen
heroes whose services are pillars supporting the
status quo. They deserve recognition and our
praises as bedrock veterans.”

57. 56
“Hospital patients are very grateful to caring
doctors and medical staff who dedicate their time
and services to serve their various fragile medical
interests. Uncaring medical staff members are
enigma to patients’ healing processes and
recovery.”

58. 57
“It is really disheartening to tell your failures in life
to people who are dear to you to receive rebuke in
response instead of consolatory encouragement.
Listen patiently before any response. Your words
can heal.”

59. 58
“Flexibility is the mother for change.”

60. 59
“Change is to cope with inevitable diversities of
present and future life.”

61. 60
“Any truthful word-abiding Christian is bound to be
resisted by ill-believing leaders who amass ill-
gotten wealth from the Church.” (1 Timothy 4:1-5)

62. 61
“Within frustrations and failures emerge victors
who are resilient and persistent.”

63. 62
“Where there is no way, He makes a WAY. When
it’s impossible in human terms, He makes it
POSSIBLE. When you hit a wall in life, He makes it
possible for you to CLIMB above it. If you can’t
climb, He allows you to PASS BENEATH it. If you
can’t climb or pass beneath it, He makes it easier
for you to pass either RIGHT or LEFT. TRUST HIM
FROM TODAY TO BE A VICTOR IN YOUR LIFE ON
EARTH.”

64. 63
“Strangely enough almost all those who call
themselves “Onyame Nipa” (God’s children) in
Ghana are those semi-educants who have divorced
their wives and/or husbands. Perhaps this God-
connoted name makes them great in their own
eyes and ears.”

65. 64
“When a divorcee marries another divorcee, their
marital problems compound to be worse as there
are four people in the marriage indirectly.”

66. 65
“Gratitude has higher dividends than retribution.
Ungratefulness is a misdemeanour.”

67. 66
“Truth, in many cases, hurts if truthfully said. It
costs. Truth is truth, nothing but the truth.”

68. 67
"Health provision is a prerogative of every
individual in any state or country where human
beings are respected and dignified."

69. 68
“Racial discrimination is an anathema. But parents
who segregate to love their children are in the
same boat.”

70. 69
“The dynamics of human love are unsearchable.”

71. 70
“Ebola is a deployable killer in West Africa. God
help us to find a permanent cure. However, ebola,
HIV and contact-transferable diseases are now
making men more faithful to their marriage
partners than in previous generations.”

72. 71
“Freedom is a genuine recipe everyone needs for
living in dignity.”

73. 72
“Don’t give up in life. He is ever the same to revive,
reward & uplift you.”

74. 73
 "Impersonation and pretence are cruel
unforgiveable jokes associated with the deadly
epidemic - Ebola outbreak."

75. 74
 “Don’t spill out your home anger and frustrations
unto the street to damage your reputation.”

76. 75
 “Any useful and accurate information in the hands
of a proactive decision-maker turns failure into
success..”

77. 76
 “If you can’t change it; accept it and move on. Life
has some things irreversible – like death. They are
part and parcel of living.”

78. 77
 “I make me happy. No one can give me the
upmost happiness I desire in life. Make yourself
happy from today.”

79. 78
 “Never do any business in partnership with your
blood relations, as your children and siblings will
be disadvantaged if there are disputes in future
heritance. ”

80. 79
 “A good promise with a good intention produces
fruitful results. ”

81. 80
 “Beneath all decorated tombs are skeletons of
bones – some older ones in powdered form. ‘What
is man that you are mindful of him.’ You are a
walking skeleton. Don’t boast.”

82. 81
 “Bright daylight skies and moonlight nights with
accompanying stars reveal your majestic brilliance.
Great is thy faithfulness. We worship your majesty.
Be exalted O Lord!”

83. 82
 “Winds blow to all directions at the command of
our Maker. Your wind of favour will come your way
one day at a perfect timing. He who knows the
number of hairs on your head will shine your
direction.”

84. 83
 “Breathing shows a sign of life. The reverse points
to death.”

85. 84
 “If ‘African Punctuality’ converts to ‘African
Priorities’, Africa will be a great continent of time
management and economic success.”

86. 85
 “Live to enjoy life to the full in the Creator’s will
for you.”

87. 86
 “A real professional teacher is proud of his/her
students who make a difference in their lives. I am
proud to be a teacher.”

88. 87
 “Abrahamic religion is threefold – Judaism,
Christianity and Moslem. Which is good and why?”

89. 88
 “Real enjoyable sex life goes with orgasm. Search
for it. Your ignorance and reluctance may slip your
marriage downhill.”

90. 89
 “Your life, family and business will not go
according to plan if you have no plan.”

91. 90
 “Respect and due human recognition to others are
reciprocated to you in return or in kind.”

92. 91
 “If you make someone great – either in life or
business – pays a dividend to you and your
business.”

93. 92
• “When an enthusiasm for an event or project is
met with lukewarm attitude, disaster and hurt are
birthed.”

94. 93
• “Promising is acting on a goodwill platform. Make
sure to fulfil all your promises or refrain from
promising.”

95. 94
• “Your wife/husband and children are the best
judges of your level in Christian faith.”

96. 95
• “Your attitude determines your altitude in all
spheres of human endeavours.”

97. 96
• “Blindness to the emotions of others is signs of
human degradation. Be alert to other people’s
feelings.”

98. 97
• “Any religious faith exercised without human
considerations is an anathema to peaceful co-
existence.”

99. 98
• “Travelling in an airplane beyond the clouds or in
deep seas in a ship exhibits your majestic acts.
Great are your handiworks. No one can be
compared to You. Heaven and earth are under
your control. Reign forever.”

100. 99
• “Where do you hide the departed souls before
your second return? You alone know …..”

101. 100
• “Fathers and mothers who look after their children
thru thick and thin are rewarded with great
satisfaction.”