Shewit Haile Quotes

We thought that the proletariat would eventually run the world. But it is the Americans who have assumed that position ... The American people have changed. ~ Mengistu Haile Mariam

We are for aiding our allies by sharing some of our material blessings with those nations which share in our fundamental beliefs, but we are against doling out money government to government, creating bureaucracy, if not socialism, all over the world. We set out to help 19 countries. We are helping 107 We spent $146 billion. With that money, we bought a 2-million-dollar yacht for Haile Selassie. We bought dress suits for Greek undertakers, extra wives for Kenya government officials. We bought a thousand TV sets for a place where they have no electricity. ~ Ronald Reagan

This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults. ~ Haile Selassie

Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences. ~ Haile Selassie

The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon. ~ Ziggy Marley

I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

We have finished the job, what shall we do with the tools? ~ Haile Selassie

Athletics is in my blood. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations ~ Haile Selassie

As man's faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life ~ Haile Selassie

We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil. ~ Haile Selassie I

Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and for others, they run for completely different benefits. But it is not like that with sport. We need to eat, we need to rest, but also we need to run. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility ~ Haile Selassie

What is important is to win. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

From now on you must pray for your people and yourself three times a day. ~ Mengistu Haile Mariam

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God. ~ Haile Selassie

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess ~ Haile Selassie

The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied. ~ Haile Selassie

For any movement to emerge, it has to be innovatively independent from the mainstream cinema, and I don't see that much. ~ Haile Gerima

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind ... ~ Haile Selassie

Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development. ~ Haile Selassie

I really do not care what the white world is doing. I care about black people building the monument on slavery. ~ Haile Gerima

Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul. ~ Haile Selassie

My school was six miles away from where I lived on the farm. I had to walk and run, there and back every day, through gorges and over rivers. If I was late, there was a very big stick waiting for me. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

Provision must be made for the extension of speedy and effective assistance when any African State is threatened with military aggression. We cannot rely solely on international morality. ~ Haile Selassie

Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others ~ Haile Selassie

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse? ~ Haile Selassie

Democracy, republics: What do these words signify? ~ Haile Selassie

Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous. ~ Haile Selassie

Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it. ~ Haile Selassie

Considering that the race is star-studded no runner will be willing to set the pace for the others. This is why a record will be almost impossible. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

I love running and I will always run. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training. ~ Haile Gebrselassie

We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully ... ~ Haile Selassie

When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard. ~ Haile Gebrselassie