Nelson Mandela lived behind bars 27 years, to break boundaries for us!
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” — Nelson Mandela
“Yes, of course we are sad. But it’s like when your grandfather passes away, we celebrate their life work and we smile and we dance. We do this for him even more,” Celina Makoba told me as she clapped her hands to the traditional music that has transformed the street in front of Mandela’s home into a festival.”-people of Johannesburg
“Do not judge me by my successes. Judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” Nelson Mandela
Quotes From Nelson Mandela (Madiba)Thinkexist.com “During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people, I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if it needs be it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” “As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” “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.”
South African law graduate Thando Hopa Is an model with albinism, that creates a positive outlook for women and men being kidnapped and killed in South Africa. In Thando’s culture killing an albino child or adult will bring you power, because albinism is a sign of witches, power and riches.
You will be lied to and trashed behind your back by close minded individuals that can’t envision an eclectic and unified world.
They will resent you for competing and striving for more in this life. You will encounter smiles behind a closed door and insults when you are not around.
I speak from experience and want you to realize that if you are being dragged, look at who is doing the dragging.
You must not let jealousy and back biting omit your personal truth, and freedom and rights to be happy. Express your opinions and dont give up your fight for equality.
Look at the people that are causing defamation and just being pure two faced and never let them become victorious.
You look at their close minded lives and watch how scared they are of embracing truth, expression and art. Even with betrayal, you must stand strong and still YOU must rise.
Still I Rise-Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise.
Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you? Don’t you take it awful hard ‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines Diggin’ in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.
