You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.
HAILE SELASSIEDo not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
More Haile Selassie Quotes
-
-
Knowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy.
HAILE SELASSIE -
Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?
HAILE SELASSIE -
Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
HAILE SELASSIE -
If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.
HAILE SELASSIE -
We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
HAILE SELASSIE -
We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
HAILE SELASSIE -
A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit.
HAILE SELASSIE -
If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
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 -
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 -
Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.
HAILE SELASSIE -
It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
HAILE SELASSIE -
A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility.
HAILE SELASSIE -
Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?
HAILE SELASSIE -
A well informed public opinion is essential to the growth of political and social awareness. Only he who is informed can comment intelligently on his nation’s development and only by such comments can errors be corrected and progress stimulated.
HAILE SELASSIE