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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

It always seems impossible until its done.

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

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.

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

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

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

If the United States of America or
Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

Money won't create success, the
freedom to make it will.

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

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

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.