Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
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.
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.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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.
It always seems impossible until its done
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
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.
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.
Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.
When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.
There is no such thing as part freedom.
Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.
Forget the past.
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.
“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. 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. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.”
“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.”
“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
“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.”
“One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
“A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
“Know your enemy — and learn about his favorite sport.
“It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.”
“I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.”
“Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.
Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
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