You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
Nelson MandelaDisasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.
Nelson MandelaMY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.
Nelson MandelaDuring the years I lived here, the people of Alexandra ignored tribal and ethnic distinctions. Instead of being Xhosas, or Sothos, or Zulus, or Shangaans, we were Alexandrans. We were one people, and we undermined the distinctions that the apartheid government tried so hard to impose. It saddens and angers me to see the rising hatred of foreigners.
Nelson Mandela