Video screenshot Facts and figures from Nelson Mandela's life, set to the trailer from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.' "Man's goodness is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What we did was to try and exploit that spirit [the idea of giving], which was there even before I approached individual… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
I am aware of what the position is in the United States of America. If somebody gives to charity, then he gets a tax… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
![“No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name…” quote by Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/nelson-mandela-248_bias_no-one-in-my-family-had-ever-attended-sc_2221073.jpg)
![“What we did was to try and exploit that spirit [the idea of giving], which was there even before I approached individual South Africans [to give to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund]. I think we must start from that angle.” quote by Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/nelson-mandela-248_angle_what-we-did-was-to-try-and-exploit-that_2634099.jpg)