One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I like a leader who can, while pointing out a mistake, bring up the good things the other person has done. If… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of… — 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
