As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was… — 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
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Even behind prison walls I can see the heavy clouds and the blue sky over the horizon — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When you are behind bars with no hope of release, you need to find strength wherever you can. Personally, I found strength… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
