966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

There is no such thing as part freedom.

We now undertake that we cannot rest while millions of our people suffer the pain and indignity of poverty in all its forms.

Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways - he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted, I was serious.

It always seems impossible until its done.

It can be said that there are four basic and primary things that the mass of people in a society wish for: to live in a safe environment, to be able to work and provide for themselves, to have access to good public health and to have sound educational opportunities for their children.

A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support themselves for as long as possible and, when they cannot do so anymore, to care for them.

call for a partnership of Africa and the United States, developing and developed countries to bring about a transfer of resources.

Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.