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Nelson Mandela Quotes - Page 12

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The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.

The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.

Love, Hatred, Crowns

Twitter post from Feb 23, 2017

If there is one thing in this planet that has the power to bind people it is soccer.

Soccer, People, Planets

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

Men, Leader, Ordinary

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

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Life, Inspiring, Success

"Nelson Mandela memorial: Barack Obama's speech in full". www.cnn.com. December 10, 2013.

The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church.

Achievement, Church, Missionary

Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.22, Hachette UK

No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why this particular name I have no idea.

Teacher, School, Names

I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.

Conviction, Social, Bases

Twitter post from Sep 10, 2016

It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered.

Inspiring, Way, Return

If you make one gift this year, make it the gift of knowledge.

Years, Ifs

We raise our voices in holy gladness to celebrate the victory of the risen Christ over the terrible forces of death.

Voice, Victory, Christ

Nelson Mandela's Speech at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference, db.nelsonmandela.org. April 3, 1994.

Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

Perseverance, Commitment, Needs

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

You have a limited time to stay on earth. You must try to use that period for the purpose of transforming your country into what you desire it to be: a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist country. And that is a great task.

Country, Desire, Trying

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

Ancestry, Born

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.218, Pan Macmillan

To a freedom fighter hope is what a lifebelt is to a swimmer - a guarantee that one will keep afloat and free from danger.

Guarantees That, Fighter, Swimmer

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.162, Pan Macmillan

That was one of the things that worried me – to be raised to the position of a semi-god – because then you are no longer a human being. I wanted to be known as Mandela, a man with weaknesses, some of which are fundamental, and a man who is committed, but never the less, sometimes he fails to live up to expectations.

Men, Expectations, Weakness

A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.

Distance, Winning, People

FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Aug 04, 2013

It is your duty to examine the conduct of public figures and to place them in the spotlight - that is your duty.

Spotlight, Figures, Duty

Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.

Peace, Agreement, Development

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

Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.

Powerful, Mean, Responsibility

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

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but also to my profession, to the practice of law, and to the justice for all mankind, to cry out against this discrimination which is essentially unjust and opposed to the whole basis of the attitude towards justice which is part of the tradition of legal training in this country. I believed that in taking up a stand against this injustice I was upholding the dignity of what should be an honorable profession.

Country, Attitude, Justice For All

It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. 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.

Lonely, Taken, Men

"Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest.

Helping, Notes, Protest

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.

Assessment, Years, People

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.47, Pan Macmillan

From its earliest days, the Cuban Revolution has also been a source of inspiration to all freedom-loving people. We admire the sacrifices of the Cuban people in maintaining their independence and sovereignty in the face of the vicious imperialist-orquestrated campaign to destroy the impressive gain made in the Cuban Revolution. Long live the Cuban Revolution. Long live comrade Fidel Castro.

Inspiration, Sacrifice, Long

Let 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 done. Our work is for freedom for all.

Done, Poverty, Sickness

"Stars celebrate 90th birthday" by Damien Francis, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2008.

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

Quotes: 666

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