I am the captain of my soul.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

Now we are in the second term of the government of a united nation and the government has done very well. One thing they have done, one thing people could not be blind to, was the achievement this government has made in giving human beings dignity, which they did not enjoy before. They now have dignity.

Keep your friends close - and your rivals even closer.

Whenever I am with energetic young people, I feel like a recharged battery.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as long as many of our people are still without jobs, no South African should rest and wallow in the joy of freedom.