Quote by Desmond Tutu
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you a

You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. – Desmond Tutu

Other quotes by Desmond Tutu

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And thats where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency. – Desmond Tutu

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Courage
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I dont think Ive ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB. – Desmond Tutu

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Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because its not bestowed on you by the royal family, its not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public. – Rod Stewart

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Theres nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street. – Willie Stargell

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Family

Well be going to the fish market and a farmers market this afternoon to get what we need to make and eat dinner as a family. Im trying to expose my kids to going to a farmers market or the fish market and learning what thats all about. – Emeril Lagasse

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Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust? – Garrett Hardin

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Family

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