Nelson Mandela Quotes

"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."

"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."

"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."

"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."

"South Africa is moving in the right direction, ... We should have confidence that there are great days ahead."

"Everything before then was written off as savagery or barbarism. Any story that involved heroism was about white people,"

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we arepowerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?Actually, who are you not to be?"

"I voted for myself. Even if I go to my grave, I will wake up and come and vote."

"It is one of the most powerful instruments to bring about a united nation, and it also says, let us forget the past. Let us think of the present and future,"

"This concern that a two-thirds majority will be abused by the ANC flies in the face of the facts of history,"

"A beautiful and important film about South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It will engage and influence not only South Africans, but people all over the world concerned with the great questions of human reconciliation, forgiveness, and tolerance."

"We owe this to the countless men, women and children across generations who carried this anthem in their hearts, in the face of bullets and the hangman's noose,"

"We... call for the rigorous implementation of the U.N. Security Council sanctions to oblige UNITA fully to implement the Lusaka peace protocol,"

"Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president..."

"When I think about the past, the types of things they did, I feel angry, but then again that is my feeling. The brain always dominates, says, as I have pointed out, you have a limited time to stay on Earth."

"We have failed to take HIV/AIDS seriously, ... That failure is a betrayal of our struggle for social justice and hope for our society."

"Even if I go to my grave I will wake up and come and vote. One of the manifestations of pride (in your country) is to vote for your country, and I am very happy for it."

"Then we'd get behind them and drive them up a valley. Then we'd stab a pig, it would cry, and then we'd roast it and eat it."

"You have shown courage that few have done in similar circumstances."

"I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination . . . but if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

"As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility."

"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same"

"Today we stand at the grave of one of the greatest among that generation of great freedom fighters."