“Appearances matter – and remember to smile.”

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.

Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.

Racism is a blight on the human conscience.