Hastings Banda

"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been."

"I have never believed that you should divide the people with ideology."

"A nation's strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, not in what it can borrow from others."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"I am a man of peace, but I will defend my country with every breath in my body."

"Freedom is not given, it is taken."

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but triumph over it."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."