I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I've found that South Africa has produced good leaders. These are people who realize that when there is danger, they should be… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Music is a great blessing. It has the power to elevate and liberate us. It sets people free to dream. It can… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
But the hard facts were that fifty years of non-violence had brought the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you....As we are liberated from our fear, our… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is not a question of patronizing philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non-disabled. It is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them - poverty is the greatest… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I discovered even before I went to jail that apartheid was not run by people who were monolithic in their approach. Some… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll… — 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
As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I learned to have the patience to listen when people put forward their views, even if I think those views are wrong.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country. — 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
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
