Nelson Mandela Quotes To Inspire You
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Biography
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 to December 5, 2013) was a nonviolence anti-apartheid activist, politician and philanthropist who became South Africa’s first black president from 1994 to 1999. Becoming actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his 20s, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942. For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful, nonviolent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies. Beginning in 1962, Mandela spent 27 years in prison for political offenses. In 1993, Mandela and South African President F.W. de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to dismantle the country’s apartheid system. For generations to come, Nelson Mandela will continue to be a source of inspiration for civil rights activists worldwide.
Nelson Mandela died on December 5, 2013, at the age of 95 in his home in Johannesburg, South Africa. After suffering a lung infection in January 2011, Mandela was briefly hospitalized in Johannesburg to undergo surgery for a stomach ailment in early 2012. He was released after a few days, later returning to Qunu. Mandela would be hospitalized many times over the next several years — in December 2012, March 2013 and June 2013 — for further testing and medical treatment relating to his recurrent lung infection.
Nelson Mandela was born Rolihlahla Mandela on July 18, 1918, in the tiny village of Mvezo, on the banks of the Mbashe River in Transkei, South Africa. “Rolihlahla” in the Xhosa language literally means “pulling the branch of a tree,” but more commonly translates as “troublemaker.”
Inspirational Nelson Mandela quotes about mental freedom and finding forgiveness.
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A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.– Nelson Mandela
I am the product of Africa and her long-cherished view of rebirth that can now be realized so that all of her children may play in the sun. – Nelson Mandela
It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on Earth irrespective of the consequences. – Nelson Mandela
Money won’t create success. The freedom to make it will.– Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela – History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.
Nelson Mandela – The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.
There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children. – Nelson Mandela
