Quote

The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.

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
Good
Marks
Things
Mark
Appreciate
Habit
Small
Courtesies
Persons
Appreciating
Person
Attending
Important
Courtesy

More quotes by Nelson Mandela

Image
If you are stimulated by what you do, you never get tired
Nelson Mandela
Image
Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Children are the most important asset in a country. For them to become that asset, they must receive education and love from their parents.
Nelson Mandela
Image
[Giving] is the essence of the great religions of the world - whether you are discussing the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Christian religion. It is an essential fundamental principle of all religions, whatever stage of development a society has reached, to sympathize with others and to promote that spirit of equality.
Nelson Mandela
Image
I've never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Apart from life, a strong constitusion and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla
Nelson Mandela
Image
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Nelson Mandela
Image
I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning there is only one's mind, which can begin to play tricks. Was that a dream or did it really happen? One begins to question everything.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of building better lives.
Nelson Mandela
Image
In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.
Nelson Mandela
Image
One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing this reality, future generations are in danger of losing their history.
Nelson Mandela
Image
We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it.
Nelson Mandela
Image
There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly democratized.
Nelson Mandela
Image
It's not our weaknesses that frighten us. It's our strengths.
Nelson Mandela
Image
[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished
Nelson Mandela
Image
The UN took a strong stand against apartheid and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an end to this iniquitous system. But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians...
Nelson Mandela
Image
We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom.
Nelson Mandela