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Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

Desmond Tutu
Voice, People, Giving
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

Desmond Tutu
Children, Giving, Moral
"Facing the Future: Global Education at the Crossroads" by Desmond Tutu, Dennis Van Roekel, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2010.

I give great thanks to God that he has created a Dalai Lama. Do you really think, as some have argued, that God will be saying: 'You know, that guy, the Dalai Lama, is not bad. What a pity he's not a Christian'? I don't think that is the case - because, you see, God is not a Christian.

Desmond Tutu
Christian, Thinking, Giving
"Dalai Lama honours Tintin and Tutu". news.bbc.co.uk. June 2, 2006.

One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom.

Desmond Tutu
Giving, Generations, Greatest Gifts

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
Opportunity, Giving, Worry
Desmond Tutu, John Webster (1982). “Bishop Desmond Tutu, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: a collection of his recent statements in the struggle for justice in South Africa”

If you are invisible, you are vulnerable. Birth Registration must be everyone's priority. Let's make all children visible and let's give every child a birthday!

Desmond Tutu
Children, Giving, Priorities

We are going to have to be very careful that we give people the hope that freedom is actually better than unfreedom.

Desmond Tutu
Giving, People, Careful
Source: values.mountmadonnaschool.org

We give kudos to people who have succeeded. We don't care in what they succeeded as long as they succeeded. The worst thing that can happen to anybody in this cultural environment is to fail.

Desmond Tutu
Long, People, Giving
Source: www.egonzehnder.com

There are very few institutions that give prizes to people who may not have got to be number one, but are possibly better at coaxing the best out of others.

Desmond Tutu
Numbers, People, Giving
Source: www.egonzehnder.com

If you do not for give you actually are tying yourself to the perpetrator, that you are going to live your life as a victim. And you won't experience a liberation that comes from forgiving.

Desmond Tutu
Giving, Live Your Life, Victim
Source: values.mountmadonnaschool.org

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