Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
In 1961 he abandoned peaceful protest and became head of the ANC’s new military wing. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964, Mandela came to symbolize black political aspirations and was named head of the ANC after his release on Feb. 11, 1990. He and F. W. de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating South Africa’s peaceful transition to multiracial democracy.
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
It always seems impossible until its done.
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
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.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
No one is born hating another person because of the colour 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.
