Desmond Tutu Quotes - Page 8

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• I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

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  Inspirational, Leadership, Nature

  As quoted in "The Christian Science Monitor", December 20, 1984.

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• Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

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  Air, Order, Shining

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• Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily powerful, nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment to try and make the world a better place.

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  Powerful, Commitment, Trying

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Jan 10, 2014

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• No future without forgiveness.

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  Justice, Racial Justice

  Desmond Tutu (2012). “No Future Without Forgiveness”, Random House

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• Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail.

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  Brother, Egypt, World

  "As it happened: Egypt's new era". "Saturday Morning News" with Jessica Ellis, edition.cnn.com. February 12, 2011.

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• My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.

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  Father, Lying, Voice

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). “The words of Desmond Tutu”, Newmarket Pr

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• I have voted for the ANC, but I would very sadly not be able to vote for them after the way things have gone.

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  Gone, Able, Way

  "Desmond Tutu lauds launch of Agang, Mamphela Ramphele's ANC challenger" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2013.

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• There will be no future without forgiveness. Any process of peace is bound to collapse if this is missing. There is no way peace and stability can come through the gun of vengeance.

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  Peace, Gun, Missing

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• Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

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  Yield, Moments, Lifetime

  Desmond Tutu, Mpho Tutu (2010). “Made For Goodness: And why this makes all the difference”, p.72, Random House

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• You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

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  Fighting, Role Models, Example

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• The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.

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  Family, Oneness, Humans

  "Made for Goodness" by Desmond Tutu, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2012.

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• Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

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  Hate, Guy, Leader

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• One day we'll wake up and discover we are family.

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  One Day, Wake Up

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• We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.

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  Principles, Speak, Reconciliation

  Desmond Tutu, John Webster (1982). “Bishop Desmond Tutu, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: a collection of his recent statements in the struggle for justice in South Africa”

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• There is only one way to eat an elephant, a bite at a time.

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  Elephants, Politics, Way

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• A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives.

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  Doe, Cacophony, Our Lives

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• I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.

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  Girl, Commitment, Want

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• And every human being is precious.

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  Humans, Human Beings

  Interview with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. October 24, 2007.

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• Each person is a V.S.P. (a Very Special Person) because we are each created in the image of God.

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  Self Esteem, Self Respect, Special

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• The sad problem is that we see ourselves as being quite terribly small. Instead of spending my time being envious, I need to celebrate your and my different gifts, even if mine are perhaps less spectacular than yours.

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  Insecurity, Different, Needs

  Desmond Tutu (2011). “God Has A Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Times”, p.77, Random House

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• The truth of who we are is that we are because we belong.

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  Who We Are

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• Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."
  
  [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]

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  Voice, Addresses, Foundation

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• Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.

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  Peace, War, Gun

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). “The words of Desmond Tutu”, Newmarket Pr

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• Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.

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  Stupid, Men, Cycling

  "11 Pieces Of Wisdom From Desmond Tutu To Inspire Change Makers In 2017" by Brian Rusch, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 31, 2016.

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• At home in South Africa I have sometimes said in big meetings where you have black and white together: 'Raise your hands!' Then I have said: 'Move your hands,' and I've said 'Look at your hands - different colors representing different people. You are the Rainbow People of God.'

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  Moving, Home, Black And White

  "Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Peacemaker in a Diverse Nation". www.csmonitor.com. October 26, 1994.

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