“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.”
Nelson Mandela
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Quote: Nelson Mandela on integrity
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 1918 – 2013 – Thank you. (Photo – Matthew Willman)
Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.
AT THE BRITISH RED CROSS HUMANITY LECTURE, QUEEN ELIZABETH CONFERENCE CENTRE, LONDON, ENGLAND, 10 JULY 2003
Quote: Nelson Mandela on humour
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 1918 – 2013 – Thank you. (Photo – Matthew Willman)
You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and a complete relaxation, even when you’re discussing serious things, does help to mobilise friends around you. And I love that.
FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH TIM COUZENS, VERNE HARRIS AND MAC MAHARAJ FOR MANDWLA: THE AUTHORISED PORTRAIT, 2006, 13 AUGUST 2005
Quote: Nelson Mandela on life
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 1918 – 2013 – Thank you. (Photo – Matthew Willman)
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”
90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF WALTER SISULU, WALTER SISULU HALL, RANDBURG, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 18 MAY 2002
Quote: Nelson Mandela on words
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 1918 – 2013 – Thank you. (Photo – Matthew Willman)
“It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.”
CLOSING ADDRESS 13TH INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 14 JULY 2000
Quote: Nelson Mandela on character
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 1918 – 2013 – Thank you. (Photo – Matthew Willman)
“It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.”
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS’ ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL DINNER, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 21 NOVEMBER 1997
Quote: Nelson Mandela on friendship
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 1918 – 2013 – Thank you. (Photo – Matthew Willman)
“I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.”
FROM HIS UNPUBLISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN IN PRISON, 1975
Quote: Nelson Mandela on challenges
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 1918 – 2013 – Thank you. (Photo – Matthew Willman)“Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.”
FROM A LETTER TO WINNIE MANDELA, WRITTEN ON ROBBEN ISLAND, 1 FEBRUARY 1975
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