When I went to jail, I was a trained lawyer. And when the wardens received letters of demands or summonses, they didn't… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our rich and varied cultural heritage has a profound power to help build our nation — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If we do not do something to prevent it, Africa's animals, and the places in which they live, will be lost to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those… — 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
Whether you change the linen or stitch up wounds, cook the food or dispense the medicines, it is in your hands to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them - poverty is the greatest… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Religion is one of the most important forces in the world. Whether you are a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew,… — 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
