More Quotes by Nelson Mandela
Blaming things on the past does not make them better.
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
The time is always right to do right
I am the captain of my soul.
Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.
There is no future without forgiveness
Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
