Quotes About Empowerment

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life." [ Live 8 Concert , Mary Fitzgerald Square, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2 July 2005]

Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers of difference.

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

L'éducation est l'arme la plus puissante que vous pouvez utiliser pour changer le monde. »

It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others. Prison desk calendar, written on Robben Island, June 2, 1979

Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

We do not want freedom without bread, nor do we want bread without freedom. Investiture, Clark University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, July 10, 1993

Only mass education, he used to say, would free my people, arguing that an educated man could not be oppressed because he could think for himself.

women had not weakened in their resolve to resist.

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.

As Chief Luthuli said, 'When the women begin to take an active part in the struggle, no power on earth can stop us from achieving freedom in our lifetime.

No matter what I suffered in my pursuit of freedom, I always took strength from the fact that I was fighting with and for my own people. Bram was a free man who fought against his own people to ensure the freedom of others

A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded...

I am your servant…. It is not the individuals that matter, but the collective….

When the women begin to take an active part in the struggle, no power on earth can stop us from achieving freedom in our lifetime.

un líder es como un pastor que permanece detrás del rebaño y permite que los más ágiles vayan por delante, tras lo cual, los demás les siguen sin darse cuenta de que en todo momento están siendo dirigidos desde detrás.

No era la falta de oportunidades lo que limitaba a mi pueblo, sino la falta de oportunidades.

grievance into a succinct and pithy phrase, while mobilizing the people to combat it. Our slogan

One day, George Mbekela paid a visit to my mother. "Your son is a clever young fellow," he said. "He should go to school." My mother remained silent. No one in my family had ever attended school and my mother was unprepared for Mbekela's suggestion. But she did relay it to my father, who despite—or perhaps because of—his own lack of education immediately decided that his youngest son should go to school. The

But in Johannesburg I found that many of the most outstanding leaders had never been to university at all.

Sólo la educación de las masas, puede liberar al pueblo. Un hombre educado no puede ser oprimido, si es capaz de pensar por sí mismo.

It was not a lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.