Loading...

Every why has a wherefore.

Related Quotes

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.


Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.


The tough-minded individual is astute and discerning. He has a strong austere quality that makes for firmness of purpose and solidness of commitment.


No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.


During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.


I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.