The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.
NELSON MANDELAThe most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.
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 MANDELAMay your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
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 MANDELAGreat anger and violence can never build a nation.
NELSON MANDELAThere is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
NELSON MANDELAAs long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
NELSON MANDELAIf you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
NELSON MANDELAThe time is always right to do right.
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 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 day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.
NELSON MANDELARacism is a blight on the human conscience.
NELSON MANDELACourage is not the absence of fear. It is inspiring others to move beyond it.
NELSON MANDELAOur fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
NELSON MANDELAFor 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 MANDELA