To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater… — 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
I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I love playing and chatting with children...feed ing and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What has sustained me even in the most grim moments is the knowledge that I am a member of a tried and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Let the efforts of us all, prove that he [Martin Luther King] was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Freedom alone is not enough without light to read at night, without time or access to water to irrigate your farm, without… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I was neglected by my family because I had disappointed them - I'd run away from being forced into an arranged marriage,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“I wondered--not for the first time--whether one was ever justified in neglecting the welfare of one's own family in order to fight… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
i love playing and chatting with children...feeding and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth… — 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 own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a consensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom; a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the… — 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 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
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