When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing? Nelson Mandela More Quotes by Nelson Mandela More Quotes From Nelson Mandela Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment. Nelson Mandela perseverance commitment needs Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual dimension with its impulses for nonviolence, justice and equality. He exposes the fallacy of the claim that everyone can be rich and successful provided they work hard. He points to the millions who work themselves to the bone and still remain hungry. Nelson Mandela hard-work successful spiritual No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education. Nelson Mandela children facts world As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance. Nelson Mandela substance rights long When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat. Nelson Mandela stupid inspiring water Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. Nelson Mandela hair inspiring beautiful Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did. Nelson Mandela discipline running country To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy. Nelson Mandela honor joy father We can't win a war, but we can win an election. Nelson Mandela election winning war We raise our voices in holy gladness to celebrate the victory of the risen Christ over the terrible forces of death. Nelson Mandela victory voice christ As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity, the concern for the other, at the centre of the values by which you live. Nelson Mandela progress advice years Sometimes strident, often tender, never afraid and seldom without humour, Desmond Tutu's voice will always be the voice of the voiceless. Nelson Mandela voiceless voice sometimes Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on our communities, who rob our businesses and undermine our economy, who ply their destructive trade in drugs in our schools, and who do violence against our women and children. Nelson Mandela long children school As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as long as many of our people are still without jobs, no South African should rest and wallow in the joy of freedom. Nelson Mandela jobs long children The relations between a man and his or her god is a personal matter; you can't go out and challenge the belief of people in a superior being. Nelson Mandela challenges men people Jinnah is a constant source of inspiration for all those who are fighting against racial and group discrimination. Nelson Mandela groups fighting inspiration The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education. Nelson Mandela vote enjoy people You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution. Nelson Mandela forgiveness leadership inspiring There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty! Nelson Mandela cuba liberty rights Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom. Nelson Mandela powerful responsibility mean
