"Let girls be girls and not brides" — Desmond Tutu

"Let girls be girls and not brides"

— Desmond Tutu

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267 Quotes by Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu has 267 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Beware when you take on the Church of God. Others have tried and have bitten the dust.
We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be…
When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.
Freedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead…
We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.
Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments…
My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."
Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be…
When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political, or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the…
If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be…
Dream! Dream! And then go for it!
We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about.…

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More Brides Quotes

This quote is filed under Brides Quotes, one of 228 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked… — Honore de Balzac
That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. — James M. Barrie
Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. — Ambrose Bierce
When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out. — Elizabeth Bowen
When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: 'Here comes the bride, all fat and wide.' Luckily, it was… — Jo Brand
I was sad that Corpse Bride was so short. I would've liked to have had her around for way longer.… — Helena Bonham Carter
Where there is great love, there are always wishes. — Willa Cather
One tradition I have with my friends is that when one of us gets married, we have a ton of… — Jennifer Aniston
He who reads the Bible in translation is like a man who kisses his bride through a veil. — Unknown Author
He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting… — William Shakespeare
Stop saying athletes do it for the love of the game. They do it for the love of their 32-room… — Bill Maher
The effects of opposition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat, men to whom… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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