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Quotes by Statesman

"You have a life make a success of it."

"No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear."

"How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct."

"It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something."

"What shadows we are what shadows we pursue!"

"Leadership is never an avenue to be self-serving but,a platform to render great service to people."

"The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read."


"In war there is no prize for runner-up."

"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."

"The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body."

"Dangers by being despised grow great."

"It's only when you learn, live and give sincere service that you can experience life's deepest fulfillment and true joy."

"A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril."

"Continuous efforts-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential."

"It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."

"No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition."

"Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

"Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization."

"Leadership is relationship."

"People can easily forget how fast you did your work, but can hardly forget how well you did it."

"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."

"In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought."

"Eating words has never given me indigestion."

"We are truly defined by what we pass on to the next generation."

"A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality."

"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

"There are no snares more dangerous than those which lurk under the guise of duty or the name of relationship."

"Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits."

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."


"The journey to success requires resilience, patience, and an unwavering commitment to your goals."


"Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders."

"People do not understand what a great revenue economy is."
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