The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.

There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires

I was able to change my life by knowing that if somebody does something good for you, you have to respond.

I've found that South Africa has produced good leaders. These are people who realize that when there is danger, they should be in the forefront and when there is victory to be celebrated, they should be in the background, allowing their colleagues and the ordinary civilians - the man in the street - to rejoice and to celebrate that victory.

In my younger days, I was arrogant - jail helped me to get rid of it. I did nothing but make enemies because of my arrogance.

For every woman and girl violently attacked, we reduce our humanity. For every woman forced into unprotected sex because men demand this, we destroy dignity and pride. Every woman who has to sell her life for sex we condemn to a lifetime in prison. For every moment we remain silent, we conspire against our women. For every woman infected by HIV, we destroy a generation.