Quotes by south african authors

It always seems impossible until it's done. Nelson Mandela
Impossible Seems Until Always Done Relatable
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. Desmond Tutu
History You Injustice Will Neutrality Oppressor Side Say Tail Neutral Foot Mouse Situations Your Chosen Elephant Appreciate
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela
Man Courage Fear Triumph Absence He Feel Over Over It Learned Does Brave Brave Man Afraid Who Conquers
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. Nelson Mandela
Soul Society Way Revelation Than Children Which Treats
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. Nelson Mandela
Wisdom Good Heart Good Heart Head Combination Always Formidable
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Nelson Mandela
Work Water Salt Bread
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will. Nelson Mandela
Success Freedom Money Will Make Create
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu
Religion Bible Eyes Closed Our Had Opened Missionaries Said Came Pray Africa Them Land Us Let Us
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. Nelson Mandela
Rights Humanity People Challenge Very Deny Human
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. Nelson Mandela
Leadership You Celebrate People Better Victory Will Nice Others Danger Take Lead Put Occur Line Front Front Line Behind Then Your Nice Things Things Appreciate
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela
Motivational Life You Passion Living Settling Small Than Capable Less Found Playing
As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest. Nelson Mandela
Injustice World Rest Long Poverty Our Our World Inequality None Truly Persist Us Gross
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandela
Wisdom You Man Heart Language He Head Talk Him Understands His Goes
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed. Nelson Mandela
Good You Debate Stronger Leader Arrogant Other Good Leader Side Thoroughly Frankly Must Superficial Emerge He Idea Thus Knowing End Closer Engage Uninformed
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Desmond Tutu
Inspirational Good You Together World Bit Those Bits Put Overwhelm Where Little Little Bit Your
God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion. Desmond Tutu
God Family You Compassion Will Made Goodness Dream Realize Us Togetherness
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. Nelson Mandela
Freedom Free Live Others Way Respects Cast Merely Off Chains Enhances
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. Nelson Mandela
Death Freedom Walk Will Before Our Valley Easy Shadow Through Reach Pass Mountaintop Anywhere Again Us Many Desires
Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom. Nelson Mandela
Freedom Responsibility Rich Enrich Further Weaker Cost Powerful New Name Empower Globalization Protest Does Often Where Themselves Poorer Means Now Universal
Forget the past. Nelson Mandela
Past Forget Forget The Past
The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Steven Biko
Mind Oppressor Weapon Potent Most Oppressed
If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. Desmond Tutu
You Peace Enemies Talk Friends Want Your
Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future. Nelson Mandela
Hope Future Suffering Compassion Other Our Learnt How Human Common Human Beings Pity Turn Us Who Beings Binds
Life is too short for long-term grudges. Elon Musk
Life Life Is Too Short Too Long-Term Short Grudges
I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. Elon Musk
Best You Communication Yourself Better Feedback Important Advice Single Think Thinking Constantly About Could Piece Loop How Doing Questioning Very Done Where Things
After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person. Nelson Mandela
Small Things Simple Walk Prison Control Appreciates Has-Been Silent Able Small Simple Act Remain Take Been Person Shop Going Whenever Being After Wants Newspaper Act Speaking Choosing Things Buying
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