966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds.

We don’t have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us can achieve greatness.

We can’t afford to be killing one another.

The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines – some of them leaders, some of them followers, all of them deserve to be remembered.

I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them – poverty is the greatest challenge facing humanity. That is why I build schools; I want to free people from poverty and illiteracy.

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

I can’t pretend that I’m brave and that I can beat the whole world.

The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself being at home amongst compatriots.

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.