Meaning of Life Perspectives in South Africa

"It is in the character of men to rise above misfortunes, to face the impossible, and to resume the march toward the conquest of liberty, justice, and peace."

"Forgiving is not forgetting. It's actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back."

"Remember that hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."

"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will."

"To be human is to be fragile. We are all broken in some way."

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."

"Exclusion is never the way to go. Inclusion is always the way to go."

"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."

"No power on earth can stop an oppressed people determined to win their freedom."

"There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the water. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in."

"Action without vision is only passing time, vision without action is merely daydreaming, but vision with action can change the world."

"It is not beyond our power to create a world where all children have access to a good education."

"Ubuntu speaks of the fact that my humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in yours."

"May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears."

"Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening."

"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."

"May your dreams be your only masters."

"Peace is not just the absence of conflict; it is the presence of justice."

"Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face."

"People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."

"We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water."

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion."

"One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others."

"The chief end of humanity is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever."

"As I walked out the door toward my freedom, I knew that if I did not leave all the anger, hatred and bitterness behind, I would still be in prison."

"When we see others as the enemy, we are denying our own humanity."

"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

"I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself."

"Without forgiveness, there is no future."

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."

"No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective."

"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."

"A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special."

"Difficulties break some men but make others."

"A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation."

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."

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

"Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another."

"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."

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

"You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them."

"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."

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."

"It always seems impossible until it's done."

"not settling for less"

"Suffering is inevitable, but it's also our greatest teacher. Through pain, we develop compassion, resilience, and depth. It sculpts us into who we're meant to be."

"yoga maybe?"

"Preserving history for future generations"

"Express my feelings more"