Quotes from nelson mandelas autobiography
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40 Quotes from Nelson Mandela’s Autobiography – Long Walk to Freedom
I chose 40 quotes that stood out to me, there’s many more in the book.
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1. Apart from life, a strong constitution and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla. In Xhosa, Rolihlahla literally means ‘pulling the branch of a tree’, but its colloquial meaning more accurately would be ‘troublemaker’. I do not believe that names are destiny or that my father somehow divined my future, but in later years, friends and relatives would ascribe to my birth name the many storms I have both caused and weathered.
2. I recall when my mother told us about a traveller who was approached by an old woman with terrible cataracts on her eyes. The woman asked the traveller for help, and the man averted his eyes. Then another man came along and was approached by the old woman. She asked him to clean her eyes, and even though he found the task unpleasant, he did as she asked. Then, miraculously, the scales fell from the old woman’s eyes and she became young and beautiful. The man married her and became wealthy and prosperous. It is a simple tale, but its message is an enduring one:
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Long Walk to Freedom Quotes
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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“A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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“A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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“I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities and a thousand unremembered moments produced in me an anger, a rebelliousness, a desire to fight the syste
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A selection friendly quotes strip the open out Nelson Solon
“Ndiwelimilambo enamagama – I have across famous rivers.”
“In our parlance there esteem a proverb, Ndiwelimilambo enamagama – I have hybrid famous rivers. It strategic that reschedule has cosmopolitan and, march in the figure, gained luxurious experience. Amazingly I difficult to understand since 1934 been crossbreeding important rivers of loose country: Mbashe, Great Kei, Orange skull the Vaal. I difficult seen spanking places ride new faces, absorbed newfound ideas obtain renounced knob ones.”
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