The more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.

It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism, to conduct discussions as if he or she is a schoolmaster talking to less informed and inexperienced learners.

It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.

Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.

In Africa there is a concept known as 'ubuntu' - the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others; that if we are to accomplish anything in this world it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievement of others.

Be a life long student, read as many books as possible.

If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.