Nelson Mandela International Day, a day dedicated to commemorate the lifetime of service the Nobel Prize winner and anti-Apartheid icon gave to South Africa.  The day was launched by the United Nations General Assembly on July 18, 2009, in honor of Mandela's birthday.
Mandela reconciled South Africa after the end of apartheid died in December of 2013 at the age of 95. He would have been 99 this year.
 

Nelson Mandela International Day is meant to honor his legacy, the message behind Nelson Mandela International Day is that everyone has the ability and the responsibility to change the world for the better.
 

Mandela Quotes:

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

2. 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."

3 It always seems impossible until it's done.

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

5. Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.

6. 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.

7. There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

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

9. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.

10. Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

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