A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways - he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Although Verwoerd thought Africans were lower than animals, his death did not yield us any pleasure. Political assassination is not something I… — 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
Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. Universal suffrage on a common voters'… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As long as outmoded ways of thinking prevent women from making a meaningful contribution to society, progress will be slow. As long… — 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
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others. — 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
Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I knew we could improve our lives even in jail. We could come out as different men, and we could even come… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We need a fundamental change of mindset with regards to the way we speak and behave about sex and sexuality. Boys and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I say to all those leaders, do not look the other way. Do not hesitate... It is within your power to avoid… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered. — 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
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
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