“Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.”

Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

Blaming things on the past does not make them better.

A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

Don’t let words guide you, let actions guide you.

You don’t deserve to be in pain due to someone else’s actions.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

Your present situation is an outcome of your previous actions & your future situation is gonna be the outcome of your present actions.  

If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.

Invest in your own abilities, beliefs, and actions; these are the things you have control over.

Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.