There is no future without forgiveness.
NELSON MANDELAThere is no future without forgiveness.
NELSON MANDELAOur single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.
NELSON MANDELALive life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
NELSON MANDELAPart of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.
NELSON MANDELAOvercoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
NELSON MANDELAWhere you stand depends on where you sit.
NELSON MANDELALike slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
NELSON MANDELAOvercoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
NELSON MANDELAThe past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.
NELSON MANDELAHistory will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.
NELSON MANDELAPolitical division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.
NELSON MANDELAI want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.
NELSON MANDELAA Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones.
NELSON MANDELAA real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.
NELSON MANDELANothing is black or white.
NELSON MANDELAOne cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
NELSON MANDELA