Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

I don't have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.

The task at hand on will not be easy. But you have mandated us to change South Africa from a country in which the majority lived with little hope, to one in which they can live and work with dignity, with a sense of self-esteem and confidence in the future. The cornerstone of building a better life of opportunity, freedom and prosperity is the Reconstruction and Development Programme.

With a spirit straining toward true self-esteem, the Negro must boldly throw off the manacles of self-abegnation and say to himself and to the world, "I am somebody. I am a person. I am a man with dignity and honor. I have a rich and noble history, however painful and exploited that history has been. Yes, I was a slave through my foreparents, and now I'm not ashamed of that. I'm ashamed of the people who were so sinful to make me a slave."