Nelson Mandela Quote
Nelson Mandela Quote
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.
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.
To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger and deprivation is to dehumanize them. But such has been the terrible fate of all black persons in our country under the system of apartheid.
“I admire young people who are concerned with the affairs of their community and nation perhaps because I also became involved in struggle whist I was still at school.”
The process of illusion & disillusionment is part of life and goes on endlessly.
To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that showed the way towards a brighter future.
“The Mahatma is an integral part of our history because it is here that he first experimented with truth; here that he demonstrated his characteristic firmness in pursuit of justice; here that he developed Satyagraha as a philosophy and a method of struggle,”
If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.
In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one’s social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education… But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one’s development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others – qualities which are within easy reach of every soul – are the foundation of one’s spiritual life
If 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.
“Gandhi is most revered for his commitment to non-violence and the Congress Movement was strongly influenced by this Gandhian philosophy, it was a philosophy that achieved the mobilization of millions of South Africans during the 1952 defiance campaign, which established the ANC as a mass-based organization,”
Know your enemy — and learn about his favorite sport.
Sport has the power to change the world…to inspire…to unite people.
Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.
Who could doubt that sport is a crucial window for the propagation of fair play and justice? After all, fair play is a value that is essential to sport.
In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people. That is why it is so important that the FIFA World Cup will, for the first time ever, be hosted on the African continent in 2010. We feel privileged and humbled that South Africa has been given this singular honor of being the African host country.
Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.
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.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
What he means by this is that instead of saying you’ll “try”, you need to “do”.
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up
And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.
Honor belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, and who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.
Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.
Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.
No 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.
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.
There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status.
It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.
Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior. There was no such thing as African culture
Together as a nation, we have the obligation to put sunshine into the hearts of our little ones. They are our precious possessions. They deserve what happiness life can offer.
Gandhi’s views on Satyagraha, Ahimsa, religion, self-sufficiency and poverty applied to South Africa as it did to India,
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.
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Nelson Mandela Quotes on Education
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.
Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of building better lives.
A 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 Mandela Quotes I am the Captain
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance
Nelson Mandela Quotes on Youth
“Whenever I am with energetic young people, I feel like a recharged battery.”
The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.
“I pay tribute to the endless heroism of youth.”
Nelson Mandela Short Quotes about Freedom
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
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.
I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come.
Leadership Quotes by Nelson Mandela
Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.
Appearances matter — and remember to smile.
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
Nelson Mandela Quotes on Peace
One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible.
Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Forgiveness Quotes by Nelson Mandela
“Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.”
Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.
We forgive but not forgotten
Motivational Nelson Mandela Quotes
As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself… Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
I’ve never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph.
Quitting is leading too.
Nelson Mandela Quotes about Love
The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.
Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
Poverty is not natural; it is man-made
Nelson Mandela Quotes about Life
Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.
There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
Nelson Mandela Quotes on Mahatma Gandhi
“India is Gandhi’s country of birth; South Africa his country of adoption. He was both an Indian and a South African citizen,”
“The Indians influenced our struggle here and especially a man like Mahatma Gandhi. So we respect them, honor them,”
“Gandhi remained committed to nonviolence; I followed the Gandhian strategy for as long as I could, but then there came a point in our struggle when the brute force of the oppressor could no longer be countered through passive resistance alone,”
Nelson Mandela Quotes Our Deepest Fear
You’re playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Nelson Mandela Quotes about Change
You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
Nelson Mandela Quotes about Language
Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.
Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence.
Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.
Nelson Mandela Quotes about Sports
Sport has the power to overcome old divisions and create the bond of common aspirations
Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.
Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.
Nelson Mandela Quotes on Human Rights
As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.
Overcoming 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
There’s one place where ( Fidel Castro’s ) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!
Humanity Quotes by Nelson Mandela
I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else’s freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.
We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity – a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.
The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.
Nelson Mandela Quotes on Humility
I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.
As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself… Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
There is nothing to popularize a person. Only humility, which is the ability to remain in the background and to put others in the front light.
Nelson Mandela Quotes about Fear
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
Courage is not the absence of fear — it’s inspiring others to move beyond it.
Inspirational Quotes by Nelson Mandela
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.
There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
