Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.
It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.
Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.
Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers o...
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate you...
There is no such thing as part freedom.
It is a simple tale, but its message is an enduring one: virtue and generosity will be rewarded in ways that one cannot know.
If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required...
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a d...
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often wore round, rimless glasses known as Mazzawati teaglasses. I had a car, and I wore a chauffeur's cap with my overalls. The pose of chauffeur...
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there ar...