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Nelson Mandela Quotes - Page 10

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One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing this reality, future generations are in danger of losing their history.

One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing this reality, future generations are in danger of losing their history.

Book, Reality, People

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.326, Pan Macmillan

For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.

Principles, Moral Goodness, Weapons

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.

Integrity, Consistency, Needs

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.206, Pan Macmillan

I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other...The trouble, of course, is that most successful men are prone to some form of vanity. There comes a stage in their lives when they consider it permissible to be egotistic and to brag to the public at large about their unique achievements.

Successful, Unique, Men

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.28, Pan Macmillan

In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his garden; he, too, plants seeds, and then watches, cultivates, and harvests the results. Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.

Responsibility, Garden, Leader

As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity, the concern for the other, at the centre of the values by which you live.

Years, Advice, Progress

But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one's spirits strong even when one's body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

Strong, Secret, Survival

Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.264, Hachette UK

The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.

Healing, Bridges, Moments

FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Dec 23, 2016

The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope.

Uplifting, Song, Jobs

FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Nov 22, 2014

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

Party, Overcoming, Violence

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.251, Pan Macmillan

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.

Humble, Humility, Simple

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.313, Pan Macmillan

I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.

Art, Military, War

Nelson Mandela (1973). “No Easy Walk to Freedom”, p.175, Heinemann

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.

Inspirational, Life, Dream

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.

Book, Reading, Joy

Quitting is leading too.

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

"Mindfulness in Everyday Life: The Heart of Leadership, An Ode to Nelson Mandela" by Donna Rockwell, PsyD, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2013.

Although I am a gregarious person, I love solitude even more.

Solitude, Gregarious, Persons

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.294, Pan Macmillan

There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst blacks, amongst whites, and amongst Afrikaans and English speaking people.

Men, People, Leader

Source: www.mott.org

The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.

Mistake, Taken, Long

"Nelson Mandela: U.S Is A Threat To World Peace". Interview with Tom Masland, www.newsweek.com. September 9, 2002.

When I went to jail, I was a trained lawyer. And when the wardens received letters of demands or summonses, they didn't have the resources to go to an attorney to help them. I would help them settle their cases, so they became attached to me and the other prisoners.

Jail, Demand, Letters

Source: profitmagazin.com

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.

Dream, Effort, Leader

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

We slaughter one another in our words and attitudes. We slaughter one another in the stereotypes and mistrust that linger in our heads, and the words of hate we spew from our lips.

Attitude, Hate, Our Words

FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Dec 24, 2016

Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African.

England And America, Roots, Imagination

Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.190, Hachette UK

The USA is a threat to world peace. Who are they to pretend that they are the policemen of the world, the ones that should decide for the people of Iraq what should be done with their government and their leadership. All that [the USA] wants is Iraqi oil. [Blair is] simply the foreign minister of the United States. He is no longer prime minister of Britain.

Government, Usa, Oil

Times change, we need to change as well.

Needs, Need A Change, Wells

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Any nation that is progressive is led by people who have had the privilege of studying.

Country, People, Citizens

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. April 2001.

Born: July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013
Occupation: Former President of South Africa

Quotes: 666

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