A Ghanaian author and motivational voice, Ernest Agyemang Yeboah explores themes of purpose, mental wellness, and personal empowerment through his books, including Distinctive Footprints of Life, Toxic in the Mind, and The Untapped Wonderer in You. Drawing from a blend of philosophical insight and practical reflections, Yeboah's writing encourages readers to embrace deeper awareness, challenge limiting beliefs, and take courageous action. His words often center on the power of thought, risk?taking, and emotional resilience, marking him as a notable rising figure in Ghana's self?help literary scene.
"I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced of why I must retire!"
"We may regard certain days as free days. Free days are however fee days. We will pay later."
"Go ahead and eat your bread, a time will come when it shall get to you breath. Go ahead and leave your pen, exams will come when you shall remember the pen!"
"Sometimes, until you do what you shouldn't have done, you least remember what you should have done."
"He who knows ignorance well shall least know understanding well, he who knows understanding well shall surely know and understand ignorance well."
"It will take just a simple realization to cause a big change!"
"The more the tree goes up in the air, the more it goes down into the earth. Remember humility in greatness."
"If mediocrity is your benchmark, you always sit on the bench!"
"Life is cold, I will put on my clothes and wear my shoes."
"Sing the song and let people do the interpretation. It is your duty to sing the unsung songs and it is their duty to do the interpretation."
"The energy that mosquitoes need to lay eggs is neither the same as that which elephants need to bring forth nor that which a woman needs to push, yet they all need a certain amount of energy vital for them to produce something! Go help somebody for God's sake; your little is vital! Your little will inspire! Your little will bring smiles! Go help somebody now!"
"One thing that gives meaning to our thinking, drive our understanding, and determines what makes us happy or unhappy is the very thing we seek to have, and we yearn for to be happy and feel alright. Aside that thing, life, the understanding of life, and how life should be lived is different all together."
"Impatience can teach us the lessons of patience better."
"In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is undermined, what the general masses feel tend to become the common rule."
"The more deeper you think, the more silent you become. You understand the reasons behind the reason. It may not necessarily mean you are short of words. You however know what ignorance can trigger and how to deal with ignorance and purpose. The timeliness of your word is surely on point."
"Real silence is silence without words, silence that speak words in silence and silence that talks better than words."
"For me, to say that I am yet to begin gives me the real reason not to look back and see what I have done but, to look ahead and see, understand and plan for what I am yet to do."
"Do not be discouraged by the disappointments you meet. Don't ever loose hope because, you missed opportunities. Disappointment and missing opportunities are all essential components of life. They give us the reasons to reason and they teach us the best lessons in life. They give a clear distinction between the wonder and the wander. When you meet disappointments, ponder! you may be on the great bath to that great appointment.Instead of being disappointed by disappointments, find the 'this appointment' disappointments show you. Instead of crying over missing and missed opportunities, let missing and missed opportunities miss you."
"Do not let difficulties overcome your true purpose, overcome difficulties with your true purpose. Show difficulties what you can do with your life and do something with your life to difficulties. Awake! Arise! Dare to realize who you truly are and what you can truly do! You can do it! Awake and do something!"
"He who speaks parables knows and understands the real meaning of parables better."
"If the storm of life gives you a big blow, don't worry, just give it a great smile and pursue to leave distinctive footprints with perseverance and tenacity regardless of how arduous the errand may be. It may not be so easy but, dare to win!"
"When your strength goes down, remember God is up to uplift you!"
"One thing that creates difference between pilgrims of life as they journey along the various paths of life is the head. It makes some fall, others rest and some pursue to the farther.The reason for the difference is not the size, shape, hair color or the style of the head but what is within the head, what fills the mind, what enters the ears; what the eyes look and see, what the ears hear and listen to; make some champions of life and others wanders of life."
"There is something great in whatever you look at. Many people look but few people see;to leave a distinctive footprint, do not just look but see for seeing will make you different."
"Don't kill yourself just because you think and feel you are empty. God needs empty vessels to fill!"
"When we think carefully about the past, we get to know and understand not just what happened in the past but what really went into things that happened in the past."
"Life shall surely show you different situations. Yes! the good and the bad situations of life shall come your way. We are definitely bound to meet the ups and downs of life. Sometimes, it may seem that all odds are against you and you may have the real reasons to leave in sorrow but, if all things leave you, never ever leave smile."
"You know what? Yesterday will never come back. Close your eyes and see something! You shall neither see yesterday nor tomorrow. Open your eyes and you shall see today! Open your eyes to realities then! Today is all you have to make the change! Today is the day you have to prepare for a better tomorrow. Arise and see! Today is the day you have to make the best use of the lessons of yesterday! Open your eyes and see today! Today is all you have to make a change. Awake and see why you have today! Arise and realize why you woke up today! Make today your day!"
"Never ever let your hope and faith in God die. Keep hoping until hope dies; remember, however, that hope never dies. God is never an uncaring Father. The most important thing we can ever have from Him whilst we live is the gift of life we have. We must never ever trade it for anything else!"
"It always feels good and comforting to relax whilst there is work to be done but, it feels fulfilling to work hard, overcome slothfulness and challenges with tenacity and achieve your aim when you should have relaxed."
"The very day we get to know the enough is enough of our lives, the very day we get to know that enough is lacking enough."
"Until we see the 'this- advantage' in the disadvantage we shall always be looking at the disadvantages in life. life does not present us with disadvantages, it gives us 'this- advantages' to take. It is only because of excuses and low courage that we regard 'this advantages' as disadvantages."