Desmond Tutu Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

  Desmond Tutu

  Inspirational, Family, God

  Address at his enthronement as Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, September 7, 1986.

• Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.

  Desmond Tutu

  Stupid, Men, Cycling

  "11 Pieces Of Wisdom From Desmond Tutu To Inspire Change Makers In 2017" by Brian Rusch, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 31, 2016.

• A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry.
  It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly.

  Desmond Tutu

  Opportunity, Giving, Worry

  Desmond Tutu, John Webster (1982). “Bishop Desmond Tutu, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: a collection of his recent statements in the struggle for justice in South Africa”

• Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

  Desmond Tutu

  Voice, People, Giving

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

• It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

  Desmond Tutu

  Children, Giving, Moral

  "Facing the Future: Global Education at the Crossroads" by Desmond Tutu, Dennis Van Roekel, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2010.

• Jesus could weep. Sometimes when you look at the ugliness that makes you weep, you know that the heart of God is also weeping. Jesus is for real. He does not give up on anyone, least of all on me.

  Desmond Tutu

  Jesus, Giving Up, Real

• One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom.

  Desmond Tutu

  Giving, Generations, Greatest Gifts

• If you do not for give you actually are tying yourself to the perpetrator, that you are going to live your life as a victim. And you won't experience a liberation that comes from forgiving.

  Desmond Tutu

  Giving, Live Your Life, Victim

  Source: values.mountmadonnaschool.org

• There are very few institutions that give prizes to people who may not have got to be number one, but are possibly better at coaxing the best out of others.

  Desmond Tutu

  Numbers, People, Giving

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

• I give great thanks to God that he has created a Dalai Lama. Do you really think, as some have argued, that God will be saying: 'You know, that guy, the Dalai Lama, is not bad. What a pity he's not a Christian'? I don't think that is the case - because, you see, God is not a Christian.

  Desmond Tutu

  Christian, Thinking, Giving

  "Dalai Lama honours Tintin and Tutu". news.bbc.co.uk. June 2, 2006.

• We are going to have to be very careful that we give people the hope that freedom is actually better than unfreedom.

  Desmond Tutu

  Giving, People, Careful

  Source: values.mountmadonnaschool.org

• A leader is someone you are not disappointed in placing trust in. When that person makes suggestions, you are inclined to trust [them]. Often it is people who have been there [in a similar situation to the people he or she is leading]. They would generally be people who are ready to take the risks themselves. Most leaders would be people who don't ever give commands and remain at home and let the foot soldiers be the ones who bear the brunt.

  Desmond Tutu

  Home, Feet, People

• We give kudos to people who have succeeded. We don't care in what they succeeded as long as they succeeded. The worst thing that can happen to anybody in this cultural environment is to fail.

  Desmond Tutu

  Long, People, Giving

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

• If you are invisible, you are vulnerable. Birth Registration must be everyone's priority. Let's make all children visible and let's give every child a birthday!

  Desmond Tutu

  Children, Giving, Priorities

• God says "I have given you this gift, and it is a real gift. I want you to love me freely, and I will do anything, anything up to giving up the most precious thing I could say I have, my son, to prove I love you. Please come back."

  Desmond Tutu

  Giving Up, Real, Love You

  Source: values.mountmadonnaschool.org

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