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 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
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
Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways - he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If I am your leader, you have to listen to me & if you don’t want to listen to me, then drop… — 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
Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment… — 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
Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all… — 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
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We cannot proclaim this century the African Century and then ignore the AIDS pandemic, as some political leaders are apt to do.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We have laid the foundation for a better life. Things that were unimaginable a few years ago have become everyday reality. I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he… — 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
I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The Children's Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the… — 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
