Nelson Mandela, the living symbol of victory over apartheid in South Africa and a move to peacefully rebuild that nation was born 17 July 1918 -- today he is 90 years old.
Mandela beams at grandchildren's 'Happy Birthday'
By CELEAN JACOBSON - 1 hour ago
QUNU, South Africa (AP) - Nelson Mandela sat beaming in a yellow armchair, his legs propped up on a large stool and covered with a pale yellow blanket. Ten grandchildren crowded around to serenade him with "Happy Birthday" and then smothered him with hugs and kisses.
The anti-apartheid icon celebrated his 90th birthday Friday with his family at his home in rural southeastern South Africa and the whole village turned out.
Some of my favourite quotes from Mandela:
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
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.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.
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Comments: 14
he smiles, yet looks tired and kind of sad. Sure that has to do with all he's had to endure.