Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Desmond Tutu Quotes
DiversityDivinityGodheadTrinityUnity For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect.
AcceptanceDiversityFaithGod God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God's children and their different faiths help us to realize the immensity of God.
ApartheidRacismSegregation I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of Apartheid.
ForgivenessNew BeginningsSecond Chances Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.
DiversityDivine ImageHumanity Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?
Conflict ResolutionDialogueEnemiesPeaceRelationship If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
ForgivenessInitiativeLetting GoRenewal Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.
EvilJusticePerseverance I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually.
ApprovalHuman BehaviorPopularityPreferencesSocial Acceptance I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.
Africa Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.
Consequences Of InactionInactionMoral Responsibility If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
AcceptanceMortalityPeaceResilience I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.
AccountabilityAtrocityHistoryShame In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.
DevelopmentEducationEqualitySociety Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.
EqualityHumanityRecognitionUnderstanding For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.
EmpowermentEqualityInequalityPerseveranceRepresentation What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?
Global SolidarityNon-violenceOppressionPeaceSocial Justice In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.
ChildrenEducationMoralityResponsibility It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.
CompassionGoodnessLoveTransformation We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.
HypocrisyMorality I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.