"Education is the most powerful instrument with which you can change the world" Nelson Mandela.

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I wrote a comprehensive essay on that quote some months ago. Too bad I did not win the competition. RIP 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.”

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”

“Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”

“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

“I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days.”

“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

“If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man.”

“I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.”

“Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.”

“A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.”

“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.”

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

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

“Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.”

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

"When a man is denied the right to live the life he
believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw"

"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that
comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death

"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."

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

"Lead from the back — and let others believe they
are in front"

"I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a
sinner who keeps on trying"

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall"

"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"

"As I walked out the door toward the gate that
would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my
bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison"

"Where you stand depends on where you sit"

"As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same"

"One of the things I learned when I was negotiating
was that until I changed myself, I could not change others"

"One cannot be prepared for something while
secretly believing it will not happen"

"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great,
you can be that generation"

"It is not where you start but how high you aim that
matters for success"

"I am the master of my fate and the captain of my destiny"

"Live life as though nobody is watching, and
express yourself as though everyone is listening"

"When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to people and to his country, if can then rest in peace". Nelson Mandela. GMEL (Greatest man ever liveth)

Eni to ba yara ni Ogun n gbe - Nelson Mandela

Our deepest fear.....

don't know if that was Mandela

waleadex: “I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs.” (From his unpublished autobiographical manuscript, 1975)

Pastor Chris okotie please take note.

"As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom,I knew if didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in Prison"....Nelson Mandela

Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid,it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings-- Nelson Mandela

"When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace." ~ Nelson Mandela

Sanni Abacha of Nigeria is sitting on a gun powder..... -Nelson mandela 1994

"Sometimes, it falls upon a generation to be great"

It is always impossible until it is done

Be the change you want to be

The house is the Man.......this was written on his wall

listening to.. #BLACK PRESIDeNT- brenda fassie

I thank the assembled nations for excreting pressure on South Africa, particularly Ghana, NIGERIA, and Tanzania, who spearheaded the successful drive to oust south Africa from the British commonwealth - Nelson Mandela

Moral lesson: i must make a name for myself.

[b][/b]"THERE IS NO PASSION TO BE FOUND PLAYING SMALL,-IN SETTLING FOR A LIFE LESS THAN THE ONE YOU ARE CAPABLE OF LIVING" -Nelson Mandela

VIVA AFRICA!

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

Nelson Mandela


I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

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



It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

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 passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Nelson Mandela

yuzedo: WE GIVE UPPPP!!!!!!! - Nelsin Madela (1987)

guy you aint funny dis time around

Konji na bastarrd - Nelson Mandela (1986} Konji na bastarrd - Nelson Mandela (1986}

1] 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

2] 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

3] I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.Nelson Mandela~ Nelson Mandela

4] I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

5] It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

"He who said his wedding day is the most joyful moment of his life, has never scored an overhead kick on FIFA14" - 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. "
I love this qoute...really got me thinking and wondering what might have been if the peoples of the world are truely free

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.
#RIPNELSONMANDELA

THERE IS A DROP OF GREATNESS IN EVERY BLACK MAN'S BLOOD - N. MANDELA

I have fought against a white domination, i have fought against a black domination i have cherished the ideals of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which i hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which i am prepared to die. Nelson Mandela, 1963.

"In a way I had never quite comprehended before, I realized the role I could play in court and the possibilities before me as a defendant. I was the symbol of justice in the court of the oppressor, the representative of the great ideals of freedom, fairness and democracy in a society that dishonoured those virtues. I realized then and there that I could carry on the fight even in the fortress of the enemy."

— Mandela, 1994

"A man is not worthy of living until he has something to die for" NELSON MANDELA