We owe our children β the most vulnerable citizens in any society β a life free from violence and fear.
Nelson MandelaRead
In order to build our nation, we must all exceed our own expectations.
Interpretation
What this quote means
To create a better future for our nation, we must push ourselves beyond our limits.
This quote by Nelson Mandela emphasizes the collective responsibility of individuals in the process of nation-building. It suggests that in order to achieve greatness and foster progress, each person must strive to surpass their own limitations and expectations, contributing to a stronger, more unified society.
Themes
NationExpectationsSuccessMotivationCollective
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage community engagement.
More from Nelson Mandela
All quotes βWhat freedom am I being offered while the organization of the people remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.
Nelson MandelaRead
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.
Nelson MandelaRead
We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.
Nelson MandelaRead
After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person.
Nelson MandelaRead
I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.
Nelson MandelaRead
Similar quotes
I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because, if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do - if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you're not extraordinary. Instead, you will probably_x000D_ become as ordinary as they expect you to be.
Kelly CutroneRead
There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
Vince LombardiRead
You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you have, be, and do in the tomorrow of your life.
Zig ZiglarRead
There are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short, for they have forgotten what this country has already done, what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
Barack ObamaRead
Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
You know who it is? It's me in 10 years. So I turned 25. Ten years later, that same person comes to me and says, 'So, are you a hero?' And I was like, 'not even close. No, no, no.' She said, 'Why?' I said, 'Because my hero's me at 35.' So you see every day, every week, every month and every year of my life, my hero's always 10 years away. I'm never gonna be my hero. I'm not gonna attain that. I know I'm not, and that's just fine with me because that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing.
Matthew McconaugheyRead