The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope.
Be a lifelong student, read as many books as possible.
I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.
Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation.
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.
We understand and promote the notion that while children need to be guided they also have an entrenched right to be whatever they want to be and that they can achieve this only if they are given the space to dream and live out their dreams.
Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.
I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.
I can’t help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest.
When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing?
Our economic approach to food and its distribution reflects our basic moral values.
Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.
Racism is a blight on the human conscience.
No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.
The world is truly round and seems to start and end with those we love.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.
Together as a nation, we have the obligation to put sunshine into the hearts of our little ones. They are our precious possessions. They deserve what happiness life can offer.
The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself being at home amongst compatriots.