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

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for...

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for...

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...

Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their...

Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their...

As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person...

As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person...

It is, however, well known that the main national liberation organizations in this country have...

It is, however, well known that the main national liberation organizations in this country have...

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.

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...

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...

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot...

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot...

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I...

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I...

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when...

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when...

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...

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A man does not become a...

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A man does not become a...

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...

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been...

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been...

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...

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...

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives...

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives...

I believe that those who promote discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any...

I believe that those who promote discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any...