Nelson Mandela

Quotes by "Nelson Mandela"

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

Nelson Mandela

I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people.

Nelson Mandela

It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

Nelson Mandela

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Nelson Mandela

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.

Nelson Mandela

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

Nelson Mandela

Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.

Nelson Mandela

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

Nelson Mandela

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 that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

Nelson Mandela

Freedom cannot be achieved unless the women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression.

Nelson Mandela

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Nelson Mandela

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

Nelson Mandela

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

Nelson Mandela

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.

Nelson Mandela

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

Nelson Mandela

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

Nelson Mandela

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

Nelson Mandela

I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

Nelson Mandela

Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me.

Nelson Mandela

Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.

Nelson Mandela

It is easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.

Nelson Mandela

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