Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."

"Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace."

"Without my wife, I would not have succeeded."

"There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others."

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

"I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom."

"The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days."

"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter."

"There is a universal desire for positive change."

"We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to live longer."

"An educated, enlightened and informed population is the best guarantee of peace."

"Your time is limited, so do not waste it living someone else's life."

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

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

"I am not clinically trained, but I know what I know from my own experience."

"The poverty of our people is not natural. It is man-made, and it can be overcome."

"Nothing is more important than good health and good friends."

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

"With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be kind."

"May we never be blind to injustice."

"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."

"A country can be free and still be unjust; a man can be free and still unfree."

"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be."

"Being free is not merely casting off your chains, but living in a way that respects others' freedom."

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear."

"Real lasting change happens when ordinary people decide to do extraordinary things."

"Commitment is a practice."

"The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members."

"We do the best we can with what we have."

"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."