Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Nelson Mandela Inspirational
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind. Nelson Mandela
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
To make peace with an enemy one must work with that enemy, and that enemy becomes one’s partner. Nelson Mandela
To make peace with an enemy one must work with that enemy, and that enemy becomes one’s partner.
I have always tried to bring people together, you know? … But I don’t always succeed. Nelson Mandela
I have always tried to bring people together, you know? … But I don’t always succeed.
Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it. Nelson Mandela
Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.
Don’t run away from your problems; face them! Because if you don’t deal with them, they will always be with you. Deal with a problem which arises; face it courageously. Nelson Mandela
Don’t run away from your problems; face them! Because if you don’t deal with them, they will always be with you. Deal with a problem which arises; face it courageously.
One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others. Nelson Mandela
One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
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. Nelson Mandela
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.
The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad. Nelson Mandela
The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.
Where you stand depends on where you sit. Nelson Mandela
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
Men and women, all over the world, right down the centuries, come and go.Some leave nothing behind, not even their names. It would seem that they never existed at all. Nelson Mandela
Men and women, all over the world, right down the centuries, come and go.Some leave nothing behind, not even their names. It would seem that they never existed at all.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Nelson Mandela
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status. Nelson Mandela
There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status.