Quote

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

Nelson Mandela

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Nelson Mandela
Age: 95 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 18
Died: 2013
Died: December 5
Autobiographer
Former President Of South Africa
Lawyer
Political Activist
Political Prisoner
Politician
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Mandela
Prisoner 46664
Madiba
Dream
Africa
Unity
Inspiring
Peace

More quotes by Nelson Mandela

Image
Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.
Nelson Mandela
Image
We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis.
Nelson Mandela
Image
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.
Nelson Mandela
Image
There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear to befriend you when you are wealthy, but precious few will do the same when you are poor. If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent. Yet, poverty often brings out the true generosity in others.
Nelson Mandela
Image
By ancestry, I was born to rule.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the leaders of our country, the creators of our national wealth, those who care for and protect our people.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Lead from the front - but don t leave your base behind.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a normal illness
Nelson Mandela
Image
I admire young people who are concerned with the affairs of their community and nation perhaps because I also became involved in struggle whist I was still at school.
Nelson Mandela
Image
We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.
Nelson Mandela
Image
There is nothing to popularize a person. Only humility, which is the ability to remain in the background and to put others in the front light.
Nelson Mandela
Image
The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.
Nelson Mandela
Image
I am fundamentally an optimist.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation
Nelson Mandela
Image
A free press is one of the pillars of democracy.
Nelson Mandela
Image
It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.
Nelson Mandela
Image
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
Nelson Mandela
Image
It generally appears outlandish until its carried out.
Nelson Mandela