Selected quotes · 28
№ 01
“If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.”
Nelson MandelaLeadership
№ 02
“Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.”
Nelson MandelaCreativity
№ 03
“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”
Nelson MandelaWisdom
№ 04
“Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.”
Nelson MandelaHappiness
№ 05
“There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people.”
Nelson MandelaWisdom
№ 06
“Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.”
Nelson MandelaCourage
№ 07
“Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
Nelson MandelaFreedom
№ 08
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
Nelson MandelaCreativity
№ 09
“Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.”
Nelson MandelaFreedom
№ 10
“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.”
Nelson MandelaFreedom
№ 11
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Nelson MandelaFailure
№ 12
“Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.”
Nelson MandelaFreedom
№ 13
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
Nelson MandelaWisdom
№ 14
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson MandelaSelf-belief
№ 15
“It always seems impossible, until it is done.”
Nelson MandelaWisdom
№ 16
“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.”
Nelson MandelaAction
№ 17
“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.”
Nelson MandelaCourage
№ 18
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
Nelson MandelaFreedom
№ 19
“Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?”
Nelson MandelaFriendship
№ 20
“There is no such thing as part freedom.”
Nelson MandelaCreativity
№ 21
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
Nelson MandelaCourage
№ 22
“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”
Nelson MandelaFreedom
№ 23
“Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.”
Nelson MandelaWisdom
№ 24
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”
Nelson MandelaFreedom
№ 25
“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”
Nelson MandelaFreedom
№ 26
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
Nelson MandelaCourage
№ 27
“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
Nelson MandelaFreedom
№ 28
“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.”
Nelson MandelaLife