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  • A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down. Some people have written the story of my life representing as truth what in fact derives from ignorance, error or envy; but they cannot shake the truth from its place, even if they attempt to make others believe it.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Haile Selassie Quotes , Strong Quotes , Rain Quotes
  • We have decided to bring to an end the most unequal, most unjust, most barbarous war of our age, and have chosen the road to exile in order that our people will not be exterminated and in order to consecrate ourselves wholly and in peace to the preservation of our empire's independence.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Haile Selassie Quotes , War Quotes , Order Quotes
  • This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Haile Selassie Quotes , Men Quotes , World Quotes
  • Do the people of the world not yet realize that by fighting on until the bitter end I am not only performing my sacred duty to my people, but standing guard in the last citadel of collective security? Are they too blind to see that I have my responsibilities to the whole of humanity to face? I must still hold on until my tardy allies appear. And if they never come, then I say prophetically and without bitterness: The West will perish.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Haile Selassie Quotes , Responsibility Quotes , Fighting Quotes
  • The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Haile Selassie Quotes , Leader Quotes , Inspire Quotes
  • The love shown in Christ by our God to mankind should constrain all of us who are followers and disciples of Christ to do all in our power to see to it that the Message of Salvation is carried to those of our fellows for whom Christ Our Saviour was sacrificed but who have not had the benefit of hearing the good news.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Haile Selassie Quotes , Hearing Quotes , Messages Quotes
  • Here is our opportunity and our challenge. If the nuclear powers are prepared to declare a truce, let us seize the moment to strengthen the institutions and procedures which will serve as the means for the pacific settlement of disputes among men.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Haile Selassie Quotes , Mean Quotes , Men Quotes
  • There is always something moving, brewing. There are ambitious people everywhere. Wicked people. The only thing to do is to deal with them with courage and decision. One must beware of uncertainty, weakness or conflicting emotions - they lead to defeat
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Haile Selassie Quotes , Moving Quotes , People Quotes
  • I have heard of that idea [i.e., of Haile Selassie being the reincarnation of Jesus Christ]. I also met certain Rastafarians. I told them clearly that I am a man, that I am mortal, and that...they should never make a mistake in assuming or pretending that the human being is emanated from a deity.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Haile Selassie Quotes , Mistake Quotes , Men Quotes
  • It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement. When this comes to be realized man's journey toward higher and more lasting values will show more marked progress while the evil in him recedes into the background. Knowing that material and spiritual progress are essential to man, we must ceaselessly work for the equal attainment of both. Only then shall we be able to acquire that absolute inner calm so necessary to our well-being.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Haile Selassie Quotes , Spiritual Quotes , Journey Quotes