Desmond Tutu

Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.

Desmond Tutu

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act despite it.

Desmond Tutu

Every day is a new opportunity to begin again.

Desmond Tutu

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Desmond Tutu

I can’t control what happens to me, but I can control how I respond to it.

Desmond Tutu

You are made for perfection, but you are not yet perfect. You are a masterpiece in the making.

Desmond Tutu

A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives.

Desmond Tutu

A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly.

Desmond Tutu

Every single one of us can do something, however small, to make a difference.

Desmond Tutu

I have absolutely no objection to performance and success as long as they don’t become false idols and threaten to rule our lives.

Desmond Tutu