"Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields……" — Desmond Tutu
"Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime."
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267 Quotes by Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu has 267 quotes on this site.
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Beware when you take on the Church of God. Others have tried and have bitten the dust.
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We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be…
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When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.
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Freedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead…
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We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.
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Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments…
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My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."
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Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be…
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When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political, or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the…
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If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be…
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Dream! Dream! And then go for it!
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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 Gifts Quotes
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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
— Francis of Assisi
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Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the…
— Margaret Atwood
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Each day provides its own gifts.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
— Richard Bach
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Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
— Richard Bach
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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in…
— Honore de Balzac
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Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed.…
— Roseanne Barr
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The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts,…
— Wendell Berry
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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
— Aeschylus
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Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in…
— Erma Bombeck
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
— Garth Brooks
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Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The…
— James Broughton
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