Thinking too well of people often allows them to behave…

Thinking too well of people often allows them to behave better than they otherwise would.

Attributed

Other Nelson Mandela Quotes

You may succeed in delaying, but never in preventing the transition of South Africa to a democracy. - View Quote Details on You may succeed in delaying, but never in preventing the…
It’s a tragedy what is happening, what Bush is doing. All Bush wants is Iraqi oil. There is no doubt that the U.S. is behaving badly. Why are they not seeking to confiscate weapons of mass destruction from their ally Israel? This is just an excuse to get Iraq’s oil. - View Quote Details on It’s a tragedy what is happening, what Bush is doing…
Perhaps it was history that ordained that it be here, at the Cape of Good Hope that we should lay the foundation stone of our new nation. For it was here at this Cape, over three centuries ago, that there began the fateful convergence of the peoples of Africa, Europe and Asia on these shores. - View Quote Details on Perhaps it was history that ordained that it be here,…
We are both humbled and elevated by the honour and privilege that you, the people of South Africa, have bestowed on us, as the first President of a united, democratic, non-racial and non-sexist government.
We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom
We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.
We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world.
Let there be justice for all.
Let there be peace for all. - View Quote Details on We are both humbled and elevated by the honour and…
In my country we go to prison first and then become President. - View Quote Details on In my country we go to prison first and then…
There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly democratized. - View Quote Details on There must be an end to white monopoly on political…
I have always believed that exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind. - View Quote Details on I have always believed that exercise is the key not…
In relation to these matters, we appeal to those who govern Burma that they release our fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, and engage her and those she represents in serious dialogue, for the benefit of all the people of Burma.
We pray that those who have the power to do so will, without further delay, permit that she uses her talents and energies for the greater good of the people of her country and humanity as a whole. - View Quote Details on In relation to these matters, we appeal to those who…
The sight of wounded and whipped Zulus, mercilessly abandoned by their British persecutors, so appalled him that he turned full circle from his admiration for all things British to celebrating the indigenous and ethnic. He resuscitated the culture of the colonized and the fullness of Indian resistance against the British; he revived Indian handicrafts and made these into an economic weapon against the colonizer in his call for swadeshi — the use of one’s own and the boycott of the oppressor’s products, which deprive the people of their skills and their capital. - View Quote Details on The sight of wounded and whipped Zulus, mercilessly abandoned by…
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. - View Quote Details on A good head and a good heart are always a…