The death of Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United States, threw Ghanaian into a state of shock and profound sorrow. No one was expecting it.
Annan, whose country of origin is Ghana, died at 80 in retirement in faraway Switzerland, where he ran his Kofi Annan Foundation. The Ghanaian government is observing 7 days of mourning.
Kofi Annan’s Leadership Style In Quotes
The former UN top diplomat is regarded here as a ‘guiding face for good,’ One commentator described Annan as ‘slow in speech quick in thought and deep in wisdom – the man whose speech alone was enough to end wars’.
An other said it was a loss that would “never be replaced till kingdom come”.
Below are more quotes for that shine a light on Kofi Annan’s leadership style:
- “To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.”
- “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.”
- “Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.”
- “Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.”
- “More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.”
- “There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole – women and men alike – than the one which involves women as central players.”
- “I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.”
- “We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children.”
- “We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.”
- “In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.”