I can’t pretend that I’m brave and that I can beat the whole world – Nelson Mandela

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea – Nelson Mandela

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future – Nelson Mandela

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose – Nelson Mandela

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 mountaintop of our desires – Nelson Mandela

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity – Nelson Mandela