Nelson Mandela Quotes
Freedom alone is not enough without light to read at night, without time or access to water to irrigate your farm, without the ability to catch fish to feed your family.
From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in any society.
Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate
I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonoring them.
A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness.
The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church.
There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.
When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing?
Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children
With freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk has not ended yet.
MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.
If you sit down and talk to a person, it's easy to convince him that apartheid can never save a country and will lead to the slaughtering of innocent people - including his own people.
Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.
There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.
I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.
Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.
The call now is for each of us to ask ourselves: are we doing all we can to help build the country of our dreams?
It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered.
To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.
I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for me.
I was able to change my life by knowing that if somebody does something good for you, you have to respond.
Jinnah is a constant source of inspiration for all those who are fighting against racial and group discrimination.
Where people of goodwill get together and transcend their differences for the common good, peaceful and just solutions can be found even for those problems which seem most intractable.
Home is home even for those who aspire to serve wider interests and who have established their home of choice in distant regions.
A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it.
Che Guevara's life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom. We will always honor his memory.
The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all of them deserve to be remembered.
There is a constant struggle between good an evil in the world. It is up to good people to choose the right side
I know that, throughout the world, there are good men and women concerned with the greatest challenges facing society today - poverty, illiteracy, and disease.
Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.