authenticity Quotes

To create something you must be something.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists is wholly incorrect. I have done whatever I did because of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background, and not because of what any outsider might have said.

As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in a white man's court, but as if everyone else - white and black - was a guest in my court. When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language.

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.