Nelson Mandela

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

There is nothing like returing to a place that remains uncganged to find how you yourself have altered.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

The people are their own liberators.

For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.

The whole purpose of a husband and wife is that when hard times knock at the door you should be able to embrace each other.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

It always seems impossible until it's done.