I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim, with an honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your success. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“When the women begin to take an active part in the struggle, no power on earth can stop us from achieving freedom… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. We must never forget that it is our… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I looked into the vast dome of blue emptiness that stretched out above me in all directions and the illusion was still… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You have a limited time to stay on earth. You must try to use that period for the purpose of transforming your… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A garden was one of the few thing in prison that one could control. To plant a seed, watch it grow, to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
South Africa is the most beautiful place on earth. Admittedly, I am biased but when you combine the natural beauty... and the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It can be said that there are four basic and primary things that the mass of people in a society wish for:… — 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… — 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
