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“Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T'wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine”
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“I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land.”
Source : Thabo Mbeki (1998). “Africa: the time has come : selected speeches”
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“There are no people on earth in whom a spirit of enthusiastic zeal is so readily kindled, and burns so remarkably, as Americans”
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“The ash her purple drops forgivingly And sadly, breaking not the general hush; The maple swamps glow like a sunset sea, Each leaf a ripple with its separate flush; All round the wood's edge creeps the skirting blaze, Ere the rain falls, the cautious farmer burns his brush.”
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“Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.”
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“We are here not only to transform the world but also to be transformed.”
Source : Parker J. Palmer (1999). “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation”, p.97, John Wiley & Sons
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“I love art. But I love it because it is the expression of a living philosophy. It's the leftovers. Art is what's left over from life.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be.”