Nelson Mandela

"I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

"A fundamental concern for others in our individual and collective lives is becoming extinct in this world of ours."

"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."

"No one is born hating another person on the basis of the color of their skin or their background or their religion."

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

"The struggles of the past belong to all of us; the future belongs to all of us."

"Courageous people do not fear speaking the truth."

"The time is never too late to fix what is broken."

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

"Our human compassion binds us the one to the other—not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learned how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future."

"Forgiveness does not mean forgetting, nor does it mean condoning what has been done."

"In fighting for freedom, I have found it in the service of others."

"A tiny group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world."

"Prison is an ideal place to learn about yourself, to search for the truth of your own identity and purpose."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"The good society requires struggle and sacrifice, commitment and courage."

"I am just a humble man who tried to serve his people."

"It is important to judge the moral foundation of our nation."

"We must strenuously contest all attempts to impose on us values which are alien to our own."

"Leadership is action, not position."

"The man who cannot do it may criticize and try, as he likes, but he shall never prevail over the man who can."

"There can be no greater injury than the clipping of the wings of the human spirit."

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"An educated, enlightened and informed population is one of the greatest assets of a country."

"True reconciliation is not about forgetting the past."

"The greatest threat to peace is inequality and injustice."

"We must build structures which promote equality and destroy forces that have created inequality."

"To show your humanity is not a weakness."

"Love is more powerful than fear."

"We are liable to find in our institutions the seeds of decay unless we are constantly willing to renew and reform them."