I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested... — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I've never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a… — 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
When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
For every woman and girl violently attacked, we reduce our humanity. For every woman forced into unprotected sex because men demand this,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's… — 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
