Former South African president Nelson Mandela
turned 95 yesterday as he lies ill on a South African
hospital bed where he is being treated for a
recurrent lung infection.
The anti-apartheid hero whose peace mission in
South Africa won a Nobel Peace Prize has so
much impacted the world, and South Africa as a
country, that many wept when it seemed as if
the nonagenarian was going to breathe his last
breath week into his admission at the hospital.
Here are some of Mandela's words that will
always live with us even if he decides to leave
us.
"It always seems impossible until it's done." –
Nelson Mandela
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never
falling, but in rising every time we fall." – Nelson
Mandela
"Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by
how many times I fell down and got back up
again." – Nelson Mandela
"There is nothing like returning to a place that
remains unchanged to find the ways in which
you yourself have altered." – Nelson Mandela
"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
"Let there be work, bread, water and salt for
all." – Nelson Mandela
"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
"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that
there are many more hills to climb." – Nelson
Mandela
"Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden
but never extinguished" – Nelson Mandela
"When the water starts boiling it is foolish to
turn off the heat." – Nelson Mandela
"Education is the most powerful weapon which
you can use to change the world." – Nelson
Mandela
"If you talk to a man in a language he
understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to
him in his language, that goes to his heart." –
Nelson Mandela
"Resentment is like drinking poison and then
hoping it will kill your enemies." – Nelson
Mandela
"Lead from the back – and let others believe they
are in front." – Nelson Mandela
"There is no passion to be found playing small –
in settling for a life that is less than the one you
are capable of living." – Nelson Mandela
"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you
have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes
your partner." – Nelson Mandela
"No one is born hating another person because
of the color of his skin, or his background, or his
religion. People must learn to hate, and if they
can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for
love comes more naturally to the human heart
than its opposite." – Nelson Mandela
"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
"There is no such thing as part freedom" –
Nelson Mandela
"Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot
enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine
cannot be separated." – Nelson Mandela
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