The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope.…

Quote by Nelson Mandela

Topics: Hope Quotes, Music Quotes

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in...

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to...

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to...

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

It always seems impossible until its done.

It always seems impossible until its done.

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead...

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead...

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my...

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my...

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which...

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which...

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways...

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways...

The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent...

The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent...

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but...

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but...

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from...

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from...

Of all the observations I have made on the strike, none has brought forth so...

Of all the observations I have made on the strike, none has brought forth so...

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have...

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have...

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If...

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If...