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Nelson Mandela Quotes - Page 20

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Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children

Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children

Children, Play, Creating

Twitter post from Nov 20, 2015

The anchor of all my dreams is the collective wisdom of mankind as a whole.

Dream, Anchors, Mankind

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.155, Pan Macmillan

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.

Fall, Greatness, Humanity

Nelson Mandela's speech in London's Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world, news.bbc.co.uk. February 3, 2005.

During the years I lived here, the people of Alexandra ignored tribal and ethnic distinctions. Instead of being Xhosas, or Sothos, or Zulus, or Shangaans, we were Alexandrans. We were one people, and we undermined the distinctions that the apartheid government tried so hard to impose. It saddens and angers me to see the rising hatred of foreigners.

Government, Years, People

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.424, Pan Macmillan

I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.

Inspiring, Judging, May

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.101, Pan Macmillan

The process of illusion & disillusionment is part of life and goes on endlessly.

Life, Goes On, Illusion

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.43, Pan Macmillan

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

Firsts, Patriot

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.20, Pan Macmillan

I would like to be remembered not as anyone unique or special, but as part of a great team in this country that has struggled for many years, for decades and even centuries. The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.

Country, Lying, Team

"Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies" by Faith Karimi, www.cnn.com. December 5, 2013.

If we do not do something to prevent it, Africa's animals, and the places in which they live, will be lost to our world, and her children, forever. Before it is too late, we need your help to lay the foundation that will preserve this precious legacy long after we are gone.

Children, Animal, Our World

Home is home even for those who aspire to serve wider interests and who have established their home of choice in distant regions.

Home, Choices, Interest

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.70, Pan Macmillan

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

Inspiring, Country, Blood

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

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

Humble, Humility, People

Rally Address Following Release From Pollsmoor Prison, delivered 11 February 1990, Cape Town, South Africa

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

Inspirational, Positive, Encouraging

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.

Inspiring, Struggle, Rights

In order to build our nation, we must all exceed our own expectations.

Order, Expectations, Exceed

Like all Xhosa children, I acquired knowledge mainly through observation. We were meant to learn through imitation and emulation, not through questions. When I first visited the homes of whites, I was often dumbfounded by the number and nature of questions that children asked of their parents-and their parents' unfailing willingness to answer them. In my household, questions were considered a nuisance; adults imparted information as they considered necessary.

Children, Home, Numbers

Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.18, Hachette UK

[Giving] is the essence of the great religions of the world - whether you are discussing the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Christian religion. It is an essential fundamental principle of all religions, whatever stage of development a society has reached, to sympathize with others and to promote that spirit of equality.

Christian, Essence, Giving

Source: www.mott.org

We cannot blame other people for our troubles. We are not victims of the influx of foreign people into South Africa. We must remember that it was mainly due to the aggressive and hostile policies of the apartheid regime that the economic development of our neighbours was undermined.

People, Development, Blame

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.424, Pan Macmillan

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

Peace, Nature, Water

Presidential Inaugural Speech, delivered 10 May 1994, Pretoria, South Africa

Be a life long student, read as many books as possible.

Leadership, Book, Long

I 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 the electric current that used to flush through my blood whenever I did so.

Morning, Dust, Blood

Nelson Mandela, Robin Malan (1997). “The Essential Nelson Mandela”, David Philip

In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.

Responsibility, Way, Easier

I pay tribute to the endless heroism of youth.

Heroism, Pay, Youth

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.425, Pan Macmillan

Our economic approach to food and its distribution reflects our basic moral values.

Moral, Economic, Distribution

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.

Fear, Equality, Waking

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

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

Quotes: 666

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