Haile Selassie Quotes

I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.

Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.

As man's faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life

Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty God that he would bless the results for us

An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.

A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down.

Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’

A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility

We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?

Unity should be the cornerstone of relations

The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding

We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history.

Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

Place principle above all else.

Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'

There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings.

It is both the duty and responsibility of the world's fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many

We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.

It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.

A good leader... maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.

Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.

Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul.

Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement.

There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.

We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.

Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.

Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess

Knowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy.

Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.

You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.

A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.

No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.