There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested... — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“I wondered--not for the first time--whether one was ever justified in neglecting the welfare of one's own family in order to fight… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I feel down and got back up again. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
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
The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Although few people will remember 3 June 1993, it was a landmark in South African history. On that day, after months of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time will come when our nation will honour the memory of all the sons, the daughters, the mothers, the fathers, the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I am not the only one who did not want revenge. Almost all my colleagues in prison did not want revenge, because… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Action without vision is only passing time. Vision without action is merely day dreaming. But vision with action can change the world. — 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
