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Others Quotes by Desmond Tutu
- Beware when you take on the Church of God. Others have tried and have bitten the dust.
- All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others
- You know when ubuntu is there, and it is obvious when it is absent. It has to do with what it means to be truly…
- When we look squarely at injustice and get involved, we actually feel less pain, not more, because we overcome the gnawing guilt and despair that…
- Like humility, generosity comes from seeing that everything we have and everything we accomplish comes from God's grace and God's love for us . .…
- Africans believe in something that is difficult to render in English. We call it ubuntu, botho. It means the essence of being human. You know…
- A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
- A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he…
- When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our…
More Others Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe
- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen