966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.

I was able to change my life by knowing that if somebody does something good for you, you have to respond.

Press Freedom will never be under threat in South Africa for as long as the ANC is the majority party

I don't think there is much history can say about me. I just want to be remembered as part of that collective.

In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualities which are within easy reach of every soul - are the foundation of one's spiritual life

The virtue and the strength of UWC is that it provides small, but powerful cells of innovation, catalysts for change, breaking barriers of habit and opening broader vistas of experience for both pupils and educationalists.

Nothing is black or white.

Such leaders have not perished. They are coming up in droves and inspire an entire continent,

We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: That South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people.