--- title: "11 Madiba Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Madiba quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Madiba sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/bantu-holomisa-81966_funeral_the-madiba-song-may-have-ended-but-its-m_2869756.png" --- > [The Madiba song may have ended, but its melody lingers on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bantu-holomisa/the-madiba-song-may-have-ended-but-its-melody-lingers-on/) [Bantu Holomisa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bantu-holomisa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/bantu-holomisa-81966_funeral_the-madiba-song-may-have-ended-but-its-m_2869756.png) > [Thankful Madiba for your legacy and your example. You"ll always stay with us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristiano-ronaldo/thankful-madiba-for-your-legacy-and-your-example-you-ll-always-stay/) [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristiano-ronaldo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/cristiano-ronaldo-2732_example_thankful-madiba-for-your-legacy-and-your_2383426.jpg) > [This great son of the world, Madiba, showed us the way. Whether you are white, black yellow or brown you are all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-kaunda/this-great-son-of-the-world-madiba-showed-us-the-way-whether-you-are/) [Kenneth Kaunda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-kaunda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/kenneth-kaunda-32362_black_this-great-son-of-the-world-madiba-showe_1362039.jpg) > [“Retaliation retards your excellence. Nelson Mandela would not have been named as a great man if not for his courage to forgive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/retaliation-retards-your-excellence-nelson-mandela-would-not-have/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/israelmore-ayivor-79_10000_retaliation-retards-your-excellence-nels_389382.jpg) > [My thoughts and love go out to the Mandela family. Rest in peace Madiba. You will be missed, but your impact on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlize-theron/my-thoughts-and-love-go-out-to-the-mandela-family-rest-in-peace/) [Charlize Theron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlize-theron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/charlize-theron-1430_and-love_my-thoughts-and-love-go-out-to-the-mande_127963.jpg) > [The best tribute we can pay Madiba is to ensure that our political debate focuses on issues of how best we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-zille/the-best-tribute-we-can-pay-madiba-is-to-ensure-that-our-political/) [Helen Zille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-zille/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/helen-zille-35230_birth_the-best-tribute-we-can-pay-madiba-is-to_819964.jpg) > [“Yet, thousands of africans and young african youths have failed to acknowledge the importance of what madiba gave them. To me, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-adeagbo/yet-thousands-of-africans-and-young-african-youths-have-failed-to-2/) [victor adeagbo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-adeagbo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/victor-adeagbo-53345_black-skin_yet-thousands-of-africans-and-young-afri_3191524.jpg) > [I was 15 years old when I first heard the name Mandela, or Madiba, as he is fondly known in Africa. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kumi-naidoo/i-was-15-years-old-when-i-first-heard-the-name-mandela-or-madiba-as/) [Kumi Naidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kumi-naidoo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/kumi-naidoo-21702_apartheid_i-was-15-years-old-when-i-first-heard-th_853256.jpg) > [I first met Nelson Mandela when I was in my late 20s, in 1993. I was helping facilitate an African National Congress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kumi-naidoo/i-first-met-nelson-mandela-when-i-was-in-my-late-20s-in-1993-i-was/) [Kumi Naidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kumi-naidoo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/kumi-naidoo-21702_congress_i-first-met-nelson-mandela-when-i-was-in_1891527.png) > [I don't like a bipolar or a unipolar world. I like a multipolar world but on many occasions people have been surprised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robinson/i-don-t-like-a-bipolar-or-a-unipolar-world-i-like-a-multipolar-world/) [Mary Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/mary-robinson-4639_africa_i-don-t-like-a-bipolar-or-a-unipolar-wor_2782936.jpg) > [“Mandela alikuwa hodari ndiyo maana akapelekwa jela. Alikuwa mvumilivu ndiyo maana akakaa jela kwa miaka ishirini na saba. Alivyotoka akawa kiongozi bora…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enock-maregesi/mandela-alikuwa-hodari-ndiyo-maana-akapelekwa-jela-alikuwa-mvumilivu/) [Enock Maregesi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enock-maregesi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/enock-maregesi-493_dream_mandela-alikuwa-hodari-ndiyo-maana-akape_159459.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/madiba/#itemlist", "name": "Madiba Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Madiba song may have ended, but its melody lingers on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bantu Holomisa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bantu-holomisa/the-madiba-song-may-have-ended-but-its-melody-lingers-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/bantu-holomisa-81966_funeral_the-madiba-song-may-have-ended-but-its-m_2869756.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/bantu-holomisa-81966_funeral_the-madiba-song-may-have-ended-but-its-m_2869756.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/bantu-holomisa-81966_funeral_the-madiba-song-may-have-ended-but-its-m_2869756.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Madiba song may have ended, but its melody lingers on.” — Bantu Holomisa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thankful Madiba for your legacy and your example. 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Kwa Afrika Kusini alikuwa mlezi wa ndoto, ya amani na uhuru.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Enock Maregesi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enock-maregesi/mandela-alikuwa-hodari-ndiyo-maana-akapelekwa-jela-alikuwa-mvumilivu/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/enock-maregesi-493_dream_mandela-alikuwa-hodari-ndiyo-maana-akape_159459.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/enock-maregesi-493_dream_mandela-alikuwa-hodari-ndiyo-maana-akape_159459.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/enock-maregesi-493_dream_mandela-alikuwa-hodari-ndiyo-maana-akape_159459.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mandela alikuwa hodari ndiyo maana akapelekwa jela. 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