Nelson Mandela
  • I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

  • Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.

  • I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.

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

  • If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.