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Nelson Mandela Quotes
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![No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why this particular name I have no idea Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/989/988441/988441.webp "No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why this particular name I have no idea Picture Quote #1")
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Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Even if you have a terminal disease, you don’t have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you....As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
I know that, throughout the world, there are good men and women concerned with the greatest challenges facing society today - poverty, illiteracy, and disease. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Who could doubt that sport is a crucial window for the propagation of fair play and justice? After all, fair play is a value that is essential to sport. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the nearest shopkeeper. Occasionally, white travelers or policemen passed through our area. These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
We owe our children ” the most vulnerable citizens in any society ” a life free from violence and fear. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear and a competent ally, a place where they would not be either turned away or cheated, a place where they might actually feel proud to be represented by men of their own skin color. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
From the beginning, Mandela and Tambo was besieged with clients. We were not the only African lawyers in South Africa, but we were the only firm of African lawyers. For Africans, we were the firm of first choice and last resort. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why this particular name I have no idea. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
To a freedom fighter hope is what a lifebelt is to a swimmer - a guarantee that one will keep afloat and free from danger. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
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 (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Of course we desire education and we think it is a good thing, but you don’t have to have education in order to know that you want certain fundamental rights, you have got aspirations, you have got acclaims. It has nothing to do with education whatsoever. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
In my younger days, I was arrogant - jail helped me to get rid of it. I did nothing but make enemies because of my arrogance. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him, they are hitting the ordinary masses of the people ... our African brothers and sisters. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
My greatest hero is Nelson Mandela. What a man. Incarcerated for 25 years, he was released in 1990 and he hasn’t reoffended. I think he’s going straight, which shows you prison does work. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
HIV/AIDS is the greatest danger we have faced for many, many centuries. HIV/AIDS is worse than a war. It is like a world war. Millions of people are dying from it. (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
I looked into the vast dome of blue emptiness that stretched out above me in all directions and the illusion was still there, the size and speed, and what information they were sending to mother Earth (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special (Nelson Mandela Quotes)