Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That makes me suspicious.

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference

You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself.

You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.

When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.

No matter who or where we are, or what our capabilities, we are called to do the best we can.

I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.

Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

What a bright sunny day, and I don't know what to say...

With God, all things are possible.

Don't play any game if you don't understand the rules no matter how nice winners trophy looks like

The question is not "can you wear your father's shoes?". The question is "can you walk in your father's shoes?". It is one thing having a mentor and it is another thing to become like your mentor.

Once you know what you want, even if you can’t see it, even if you do not know how you will get it, you have to trust that it is there.

Rules are for those who can't think of a better way.

Fame overcomes everything.

A man is called a good fellow for doing things which, if done by a woman, would land her in a lunatic asylum.

Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.

the reason God made February short a few days was because he knew that by the time people came to the end of it they would die if they had to stand one more blasted day.