We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.
HAILE SELASSIEWe must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.
More Haile Selassie Quotes
-
-
Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
HAILE SELASSIE -
Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
HAILE SELASSIE -
Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
HAILE SELASSIE -
It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement.
HAILE SELASSIE -
There is always something moving, brewing. There are ambitious people everywhere. Wicked people. The only thing to do is to deal with them with courage and decision. One must beware of uncertainty, weakness or conflicting emotions – they lead to defeat.
HAILE SELASSIE -
As man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.
HAILE SELASSIE -
Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness nature and utilize her resources for the well-being and improvement of his life.
HAILE SELASSIE -
Place principle above all else.
HAILE SELASSIE -
The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations.
HAILE SELASSIE -
We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
HAILE SELASSIE -
It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
HAILE SELASSIE -
As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’
HAILE SELASSIE -
The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding.
HAILE SELASSIE -
Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an ‘is,’ it is a ‘becoming.’
HAILE SELASSIE -
It is both the duty and responsibility of the world’s fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many.
HAILE SELASSIE