Oodgeroo Noonuccal quotes

I'm very rich because I'm loved by all my people, it's a very beautiful thing. No money could surpass that. The love that my people feel for me is just so tremendous. It's a lovely feeling. (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
...I can't afford the luxury of despair or pessimism. We still have to hope. We're a timeless people, we've lived in a timeless land. We have suffered the invasion of two hundred years, and we'll go on suffering. But we are going to survive... View quote
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
...In the Aboriginal world we give way to all emotions. In the ‘British', the present white generation of Australian people have been told that to cry is weakness, and if a ten year old boy gets up and cries they say, My goodness! But in the Aboriginal world, to cry is a beautiful thing. To us it's compassion... View quote
Oodgeroo Noonuccal