If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
That was one of the things that worried me – to be raised to the position of a semi-god – because then… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We must appreciate that all over the world, right down the centuries, there have been great religions that have encouraged the idea… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Che Guevara's life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom. We will always honor his memory. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is not a question of patronizing philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non-disabled. It is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely… — 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
Let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural.… — 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
