"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there
are many more hills to climb."
"Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they
had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance
or the commitment?"
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use
to change the world."
"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."
"Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into
contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated."
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it treats its children."
"There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of
us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and
again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires."
"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling
for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
"There is no such thing as part freedom."
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains
unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."
"I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric
thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man."
"I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself."
"I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby
its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent.
I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses."
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but
the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid,
but he who conquers that fear."
"If the United States of America or Britain is having
elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when
we have elections, they want observers."
"If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there
are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named
Goodness and Forgiveness."
"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.""
"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to
work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."
"In my country we go to prison first and then become President."
"It always seems impossible until its done."
"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in
front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You
take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your
leadership."
"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will."
"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."
Written by Nelson Mandela
