There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere. — Nelson Mandela
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
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison. — Nelson Mandela
Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that is celebrated with champagne...Oh no! It's a...long distance race, quite solitary and very exhausting. — Albert Camus
Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go. — Hazel Scott
A 10,000 mile walk, begins with a single step and continues one step at a time. — Rickson Gracie
The longest journey begins with a single step. — Patanjali
It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals who is carried about in planes and worries about income tax. — Tenzing Norgay
The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest. — Oliver Tambo
My stiffest earthly assignment is ended and my major life's work is done. My country is now free and I have been honoured to be its first indigenous head of state. What more could one desire in life? — Nnamdi Azikiwe
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. — Lyndon B. Johnson
We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. — Lao Tzu
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. — Lao Tzu
Short Long Walk To Freedom Quotes
The best road to progress is freedom's road. — John F. Kennedy
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — English Proverbs
We must learn to live the African way. It's the only way to live in freedom and with dignity — Thomas Sankara
The footprints of a free-minded man are always towards the forward direction. — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible. — John Bonifaz
Long Walk To Freedom Image Quotes
Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situation that threaten your peace of mind, self respect, values, morals and self worth.
Struggle For Freedom Quotes
Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship. — A. Philip Randolph
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Those men and women are fortunate who are born at a time when a great struggle for human freedom is in progress. — Emmeline Pankhurst
The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure.
When any tyrant hates America and denies its exceptional role in the struggle for freedom, he recognizes his own inevitable defeat. To Russian tyranny I say the world needs more, not less, American exceptionalism. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and at the same time connects us to larger worlds that, in the busyness of our daily struggle to achieve, we have not yet investigated. Silence is the soul's break for freedom. — David Whyte
The passions of the titanic struggle will finally enter upon the sleep of oblivion, and only its splendid accomplishments for the cause of human freedom and a united nation, stronger and richer in patriotism because of the great strife, will be remembered. — James Longstreet
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
There is no dream, and if there is, there is only one to see you my children struggling for the same and for which I am expected to be finished. — Ashfaqulla Khan
Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us. — Andrea Dworkin
Our object is the economic freedom of the producing classes; this ultimate goal will be attained after a long and bitter struggle; therefore, our primary task is to organize the masses and lead them in the struggle for economic freedom. — M. N. Roy
Everything that we perceive around us is struggling towards freedom, from the atom to the man, from the insentient, lifeless particle of matter to the highest existence on earth, the human soul. The whole universe is in fact the result of this struggle for freedom. — Swami Vivekananda
Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front. — Nelson Mandela
It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another. — Nelson Mandela
The hardest walk is walking alone, but it's also the walk that makes you the strongest.
Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. — Nelson Mandela
To be free . . . to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of our toil, to give our children every opportunity in life--that dream which we have held so long in our hearts is today the destiny that we hold in our hands. — Paul Robeson
I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards. — Nelson Mandela
Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind. — Nelson Mandela
Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished — Nelson Mandela
I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity. — Nelson Mandela
One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others. — Nelson Mandela
I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. — Nelson Mandela
Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs. — Nelson Mandela
Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment. — Nelson Mandela
There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested. — Nelson Mandela
Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation — Nelson Mandela
A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness. — Nelson Mandela
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. — Nelson Mandela
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended. — Nelson Mandela
I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. — Nelson Mandela
Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me. — Nelson Mandela
With freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk has not ended yet. — Nelson Mandela
The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible. — Nelson Mandela
It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. — Nelson Mandela
I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonoring them. — Nelson Mandela
It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor. — Nelson Mandela
I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man. — Nelson Mandela
When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both. — Nelson Mandela
The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity. — Nelson Mandela
In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility. — Nelson Mandela
I read everything, but generally more fact than fiction - especially autobiographies and biographies. I've read 'Long Walk to Freedom' by Nelson Mandela at least twice on holiday. Every time, I'm totally awed by his vision, strength and forgiveness. I feel honoured to have got to know him and his wonderful wife Graca over the years. — Richard Branson
People tell me the Netflix series, House of Cards, is sort of like my class come to life. The movie Margin Call portrays the realities of hierarchical relationships and rivalries beautifully, and how people respond when under pressure. Gandhi and Long Walk to Freedom both have the virtue of presenting larger-than-life figures in a more realistic way, showing their flaws and contradictions - their humanity - in a way that is very helpful. — Jeffrey Pfeffer
I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. — Nelson Mandela
Here was the freedom I desired, long sought-for, not yet known Freedom to write, to walk, to wander, freedom to climb hills, to pull a boat, to be alone. — Daphne Du Maurier
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Facts and figures from Nelson Mandela's life, set to the trailer from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.'
"Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished." — Nelson Mandela
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