As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
NELSON MANDELAAs long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
NELSON MANDELAI am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
NELSON MANDELAIf you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important – and you do that by being genuine and humble.
NELSON MANDELAPeace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
NELSON MANDELAA good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
NELSON MANDELARemember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.
NELSON MANDELAOvercoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
NELSON MANDELAMan’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
NELSON MANDELAThere is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
NELSON MANDELAThe true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
NELSON MANDELANo one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
NELSON MANDELAI 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 MANDELAInformation is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
NELSON MANDELAOne of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
NELSON MANDELASafety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.
NELSON MANDELAThere can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
NELSON MANDELA