Haile Selassie Quotes

If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless

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

Knowledge paves the way to Love, and Love in its turn fosters understanding, and leads one along the path of great common achievements.

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

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

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

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

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

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

Leadership does not mean domination.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Place principle above all else.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind.

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

There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare

Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.

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

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

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

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

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

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.'

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

Unity should be the cornerstone of relations

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.

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

Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.

Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.

Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?

The United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion.

The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.