Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves historians and biographers. But in my culture the past lives. My people feel this way in part because death does not separate us from our ancestors.

Miriam Makeba's Popular Quotes

I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.

- Miriam Makeba

I ask you and all the leaders of the world: Would you act differently, would you keep silent and do nothing if you were in our place? Would you not r…

- Miriam Makeba

I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising.

- Miriam Makeba

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so yo…

- Miriam Makeba

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

- Miriam Makeba

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.

- Miriam Makeba

There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song.

- Miriam Makeba

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

- Miriam Makeba

I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can do with them.

- Miriam Makeba