Living isn't just about doing for yourself,but what you do for others as well. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Tread softly, Breathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.” ― Nelson Mandela” — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It never hurts to think too highly of a person; often they become ennobled and act better because of it. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination... — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Home is home even for those who aspire to serve wider interests and who have established their home of choice in distant… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character! — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When those in power deny you of freedom the only path to freedom is power — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Having resentment against someone is like drinking poison and thinking it will kill your enemy.” — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If I am your leader, you have to listen to me & if you don’t want to listen to me, then drop… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The call now is for each of us to ask ourselves: are we doing all we can to help build the country… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity and power in our society. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them, then they… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
What he means by this is that instead of saying you'll "try", you need to "do". And as we let our light shine, we… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful:… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
I am aware of what the position is in the United States of America. If somebody gives to charity, then he gets a tax… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
