Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
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 MandelaTags: intelligence kindness education goodness scholarship
I 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 forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.
Nelson MandelaAfter climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
Nelson MandelaTags: perseverance
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
Nelson MandelaTags: freedom oppression crime
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
Nelson MandelaTags: perseverance
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.
Nelson MandelaTags: language
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
Nelson MandelaTags: saints sin sinners atonement
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.
Nelson MandelaDuring my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
Nelson MandelaTags: africa trial race ideology
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