Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandelawas a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congressparty from 1991 to 1997...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth18 July 1918
CityMvezo, South Africa
But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one's spirits strong even when one's body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.
I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here. It makes me feel that I am a Black man in a White man's court. This should not be I should feel perfectly at ease and at home with the assurance that I am being tried by a fellow South African, who does not regard me as an inferior, entitled to a special type of justice.
Living isn't just about doing for yourself,but what you do for others as well.
I dust [your photo] carefully every morning, for to do so gives me the pleasant feeling that I'm caressing you as in the old days. I even touch your nose with mine to recapture the electric current that used to flush through my blood whenever I did so.
Jinnah is a constant source of inspiration for all those who are fighting against racial and group discrimination.
It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism
Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.
Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.
For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.
No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.
Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair
Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.
There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.