Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela:
(Mvezo, 18 July 1918 – Johannesburg, 5 December 2013)
South African anti-apartheid fighter and politician.
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.
If you see something good, give a compliment. If you see something wrong, offer your help.
It always seems impossible until it’s done.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
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.
Prison not only robs you of your freedom, it attempts to take away your identity.
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 mountaintops of our desires.
I’m not saying that fighting for freedom is on a higher moral level than taking care of your family. It’s not, they’re just two different things.
Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
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.
I never lose. I either win or learn.
While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.
I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.
