Nelson Mandela Quotes About Earth

Quotes about: Earth

• South Africa is the most beautiful place on earth. Admittedly, I am biased but when you combine the natural beauty... and the fact that the region is a haven for Africa's most splendid wildlife... Then I think that we have been blessed with a truly wonderful land.

  Nelson Mandela

  Beautiful, Blessed, Thinking

• You have a limited time to stay on earth. You must try to use that period for the purpose of transforming your country into what you desire it to be: a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist country. And that is a great task.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, Desire, Trying

• To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on earth irrespective of the consequences.

  Nelson Mandela

  Believe, Men, Suffering

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

• Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of.

  Nelson Mandela

  Powerful, Earth, Weapons

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

• A garden was one of the few thing in prison that one could control. To plant a seed, watch it grow, to tend it then harvest it, offered a simple but enduring satisfaction. The sense of being the custodian of this small patch of earth offered a taste of freedom.

  Nelson Mandela

  Simple, Garden, Custodians

  Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.312, Hachette UK

• No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity

  Nelson Mandela

  Earth, Dignity, Thirst

  Twitter post from Aug 10, 2016

• I looked into the vast dome of blue emptiness that stretched out above me in all directions and the illusion was still there, the size and speed, and what information they were sending to mother earth.

  Nelson Mandela

  Mother, Blue, Earth

• I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth

  Nelson Mandela

  Lying, Men, Done

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.104, Pan Macmillan

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