Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess.
HAILE SELASSIEThere is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
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I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.
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As man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.
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Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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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.
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Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
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Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily
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A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.
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Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
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Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.
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It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.
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The United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion.
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Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.
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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.
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