"He knew when to compromise. Yet he..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela

“I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.”

“The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.”

“It always gives me great pleasure to be surrounded by the beautiful children of our land. Whenever I am with the energetic young people ... I feel like a recharged battery, confident that our country can look forward to great things.”

“You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion”

“None shall rule but the humble,And none but Toil shall have.”

“A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.”

“How often in life must one be content with what one can get!”

“Human life is a series of compromises, and it is not always easy to achieve in practice what one has found to be true in theory.”

“Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.”