Nelson MandelaEducation is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.502Politics
Nelson MandelaTake it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2012). Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom, p.84, Simon and Schust… ▶371HopeHumanityPhilosophy
Nelson MandelaFriends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant … ▶372HumanityLifeReading
Nelson MandelaOvercoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . . ✨ Ne… ▶361HopeHumanityLife
Nelson MandelaSport can create hope, where once there was only despair ✨ Nelson Mandela (2011). Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations, p.378, Pan Macmillan383HopeReading
Nelson MandelaIn human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and critical discussion… ▶372HumanityReading
Nelson MandelaI dust [your photo] carefully every morning, for to do so gives me the pleasant feeling that I'm caressing you as in the old days. I even touch your nose with mine to recapture th… ▶362Hope
Nelson MandelaIt is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another. ✨ Twitter post from Mar 23, 2017362Sadness
Nelson MandelaThe calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the tone for the future. We might have our differences, … ▶374HopeHumanityReading
Nelson MandelaWhen a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2011). Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised … ▶352LifePoliticsReading
Nelson MandelaIt is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.363Reading
Nelson MandelaLet us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be d… ▶352HumanityThought
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. ✨ Fa… ▶352Reading
Nelson MandelaBefore I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit a… ▶374PoliticsThoughtTime
Nelson MandelaI was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances. ✨ Personal Quotes/ Biography. www.imdb.com.341Humor
Nelson MandelaIt is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.374HumanityTime
Nelson MandelaI really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. But the problems are such that for anybody with a conscience … ▶342Time
Nelson MandelaNo child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2011). Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations, p.1… ▶353ReadingTruth
Nelson MandelaWhere you stand depends on where you sit.375Death
Nelson MandelaI am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving f… ▶331DeathHopeHumanity
Nelson MandelaAfricans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2011). Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised … ▶331PoliticsReading
Nelson MandelaI commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries.375HopeTime
Nelson MandelaLet us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a normal illness ✨ Mandela at Sunset by Andrew Meldrum, progressive.… ▶375Hope
Nelson MandelaWhen I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.375Humanity
Nelson MandelaThere is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy requires determined action and a deep… ▶343HumanityPoliticsTime
Nelson MandelaI realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give … ▶376LoveThought
Nelson MandelaI and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders to continue preaching peace and… ▶332PoliticsTime
Nelson MandelaOur differences are our strength as a species and as a world community. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2012). Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom, p.72, Simon and Schuster332HopePhilosophyTime
Nelson MandelaI approach every problem with optimism. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2011). Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations, p.70, Pan Macmillan321HopeReading
Nelson MandelaIn my country we go to prison first and then become President. ✨ Long Walk to Freedom. Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.376Reading
