South Africa Quotes

• South Africa is the most beautiful place on earth. Admittedly, I am biased but when you combine the natural beauty... and the fact that the region is a haven for Africa's most splendid wildlife... Then I think that we have been blessed with a truly wonderful land.

  Nelson Mandela

  Beautiful, Blessed, Thinking

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• What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

  Nelson Mandela

  Leadership, Differences, Generosity

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.227, Pan Macmillan

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• We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.

  Nelson Mandela

  Acting, Achieve, Indignity

  "Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years".

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• Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.

  Desmond Tutu

  Thinking, Favors, Should

  Los Angeles Times, letter to the editor by L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley, May 13, 1985.

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• If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

  Nelson Mandela

  Beautiful, Forgiveness, Dream

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The drama can only be brought to its climax in one of two ways -- through the selective brutality of terrorism or the impartial horrors of war.

  Kenneth Kaunda

  War, Drama, Two

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• Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

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• For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring.

  David Harewood

  Beautiful, Country, Interesting

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• South Africa used to seem so far away. Then it came home to me. It began to signify the meaning of white hatred here. That was what the sheets and the suits and the ties covered up, not very well. That was what the cowardly guys calling me names from their speeding truck wanted to happen to me, to all of me: to my people. That was what would happen to me if I walked around the corner into the wrong neighborhood. That was Birmingham. That was Brooklyn. That was Reagan. That was the end of reason. South Africa was how I came to understand that I am not against war; I am against losing the war.

  June Jordan

  War, Home, Names

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• We must act together, as a united people... For the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

  Patricia Young

  Justice For All, People, Water

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  After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Oct 27, 2015

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• There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.191, Pan Macmillan

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• Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

  Nelson Mandela

  Life, Hate, Heart

  1994 LongWalk to Freedom.

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• We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Graduation, Hope

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

  Nelson Mandela

  Wisdom, Hate, Education And Freedom

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2016

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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Men, Resolution

  Statement from prison, 10 Feb. 1985

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• Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.

  Nelson Mandela

  Humble, Commitment, Sacrifice

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Feb 11, 2014

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• I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

  Nelson Mandela

  Wisdom, Opportunity, Equality

  Statement at trial, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 Apr. 1964

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• 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

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Nov 04, 2014

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• Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

  Nelson Mandela

  Peace, Nature, Water

  Presidential Inaugural Speech, delivered 10 May 1994, Pretoria, South Africa

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• We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Palestine, Apartheid

  Twitter post from Nov 29, 2015

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• If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

  Nelson Mandela

  Friendship, Inspiring, Leadership

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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  Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Motivational, Death

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Dec 05, 2013

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• We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.

  Nelson Mandela

  War, Rights, Racism

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.166, Simon and Schuster

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