“Look at Nelson Mandela. Why did people want to follow him? He's a lousy speaker. If he hadn't got all the other things, you wouldn't spend time listening to him. But people actually don't listen to what he's saying, in a way. They are listening to him because he has communicated that he is ready to put his life on the line.” PeopleIfsWayWantLooksLinesReadyListeningSpeakersEnd TimesSpend TimeNelson Author:Desmond Tutu
“One of the things that people sense is that you are not doing this for self-glorification, you are doing it for the sake of others. The Dalai Lama has been in exile for so many years, yet the Chinese are running scared of him.” PeopleYearsHas BeensSelfRunningSakeScaredChineseExileLamaDalaiGlorificationSelf GlorificationRunning Scared Author:Desmond Tutu
“I have a nice house. And when somebody says it's a palace, I always feel like we're digging a little or something.” FeelsLittlesHouseNicePalacesDiggingNice House Author:Dennis Miller
“Democrats are afraid of polls. Republicans aren`t afraid of polls. Republicans make polls. Democrats run from polls.” RunningRepublicanDemocratPolls Author:Bill Maher
“We have a planet that is at risk, where resources don't have a permanent life. We are going to have to make the decision: are we going to survive or are we waiting for our extinction? One day we will wake up and find people are fighting not for oil but water.” PeopleFightingWaitingWaterDecisionRiskPlanetsOne DayResourcesWake UpOilPermanentExtinction Author:Desmond Tutu
“If you are going to be a leader, you must have a record where people saw you are standing up against injustice at a risk. Then that builds up your stock of credibility so that, when you speak on another occasion about a different thing, people will pay attention.” PeopleIfsDifferentSpeakPayAttentionLeaderRecordsSawsRiskStandingInjusticeOccasionsPay AttentionDifferent ThingsCredibility Author:Desmond Tutu
“There's no more delicious irony on the face of the Earth than environmental protesters being led away in plastic handcuffs that have a biodegradability horizon line of, like, 40,000 years.” YearsEarthFacesLinesEnvironmentalIronyHorizonPlasticDeliciousHandcuffs Author:Dennis Miller
“I think a lot of times God takes away your feelings, so you have to depend on faith. And faith is kind of like a tide. It rolls in and rolls out.” ThinkingKindFeelingsDependsTides Author:Rick Warren
“The way God teaches us to live by faith is He takes away our feelings.” WayFeelingsTeachLive By Author:Rick Warren
“It's easy to explain away evil. We have a free choice, and our greatest blessing is also our greatest curse, because I don't always make good choices. Other people make bad choices. I make bad choices. And sometimes we hurt other people. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally.” PeopleSometimesChoicesEvilEasyHurtBlessingCurseFree ChoiceBad ChoicesGreatest BlessingsGood Choices Author:Rick Warren