Nelson Mandela Quotes on Freedom and Courage

Top Quotes of Nelson Mandela

1. ” I am the master of my fate: i am the captain of my soul. ” – Nelson Mandela
2. ” It always seems impossible until it’s done. ” – Nelson Mandela
3. ” The greatest glory in living is not in falling, but in rising every time we fall. ” – Nelson Mandela
4. ” Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity, it is an act of justice. ” – Nelson Mandela
5. ” A winner is a dreamer who never gives up. ” – Nelson Mandela
6. ” I never lose. i either win or learn. ” – Nelson Mandela
7. ” One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen. ” – Nelson Mandela
8. ” When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive. ” – Nelson Mandela
9. ” We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. ” – Nelson Mandela
10. ” A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. ” – Nelson Mandela

• Courage Quotes of Nelson Mandela
• Fear Quotes of Nelson Mandela
• Freedom Quotes of Nelson Mandela
• Nation Quotes of Nelson Mandela
• Leadership Quotes of Nelson Mandela
• Education Quotes of Nelson Mandela
• Knowledge and Goal Quotes of Nelson Mandela
• Peace Quotes of Nelson Mandela
• Life Quotes of Nelson Mandela
• Poverty Quotes of Nelson Mandela

Quotes of Nelson Mandela on Courage

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

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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.

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Only free men can negotiate. prisoners cannot enter into contracts.

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The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

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Quotes on Fear by Nelson Mandela

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

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Every community in our country has a fundamental right to be free from fear.

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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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The death of a human being, whatever may be his station in life, is always a sad and painful affair.

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Our march to freedom is irreversible. we must not allow fear to stand in our way.

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Nelson Mandela Quotes on Freedom

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

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People respond in accordance to how you treat them.

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A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred. he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.

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To deny people their human rights is to deny their very humanity.

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Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division among st us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not there is no such thing as part freedom.

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Quote on Nation by Nelson Mandela

No one truly knows a nation until he has been inside its jails. a nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest.

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In my country, we go to prison first and then become president.

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It was during those long & lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my people became a hunger for the freedom of all people.

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Our people have the right to hope, the right to a future, the right to life itself.

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We do not want freedom without bread, nor do we want bread without freedom.

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In my country we go to prison first and then become president.

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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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We too will die but that which we collectively contribute to our national cultural identity will live forever beyond us.

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Leadership Quotes of Nelson Mandela

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

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As a leader of a mass organization, one must listen to the people.

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You take the front line when there is danger. then people will appreciate your leadership.

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I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what i had done, but because of what i stood for.

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Nelson Mandela Quote on Education

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

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Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. so it’s very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.

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It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mine worker can become the head of the mine.

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Of course we desire education and we think it is a good thing, but you don’t have to have education in order to know that you want certain fundamental rights, you have got aspirations, you have got claims.

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Nelson Mandela Quotes on Knowledge and Goal

Action without vision is only passing time, vision without action is merely day dreaming, but vision with action can change the world.

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When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

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Significant progress is always possible if we ourselves try to plan every detail of our lives and actions.

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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.

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One of the things i learnt when i was negotiating was that until i changed myself, i could not change others.

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Nelson Mandela Quotes on Peace

We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, just, and lasting peace.

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You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. then he becomes your partner.

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People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

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Nelson Mandela Quotes on Life

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

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The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.

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It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on earth irrespective of the consequences.

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Poverty Quotes of Nelson Mandela

Poverty is not an accident. like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.

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While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.

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Famous Quotes of Nelson Mandela

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to helping others without expecting anything in return.

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What counts 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.

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And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

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When people are determined they can overcome anything.

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I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all person live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. it is an ideal which i hope to live and to achieve. but if needs be, it is an ideal for which i am prepared to die.

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We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful: those in command of immense market power and those who dare to fashion the world in their own image.

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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you have altered.

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Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.

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I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent.

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I knew as well as i knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.

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If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important, and you do that by being genuine and humble.

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And if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.

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There is nothing i fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.

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Give a child love, laughter and peace.

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

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We can change the world and make it a better place. it is in your hands to make a difference.

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

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Forget the past.

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Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

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Extremists on all sides thrive, fed by the blood lust of centuries gone by for to be free is not merely to cast off ones chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

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As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

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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.

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Human beings have got the ability to adjust to anything.

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We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the palestinians.

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If wealth is a magnet, then poverty is a kind of repellent. yet poverty often brings out the true generosity in others.

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I could not imagine that the future i was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that i was leaving behind.

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Difficulties break some men but make others. No Axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying.

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Gone forever are the days when harsh and wicked laws provide the oppressors with years of peace and quiet.

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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.

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No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

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Together we must set out to correct the defects of the past.

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I detest racialism because i regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

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There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but i would not and could not give myself up to despair.

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It is in your hands, to make a better world for all who live in it.

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Sometimes, it falls upon a generation to be great. you can be that great generation. let your greatness blossom.

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No single person can liberate a country. you can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.

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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.

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Let there be justice for all. let there be peace for all. let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

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Money won’t create success. the freedom to make it will i do not deny that i planned sabotage. i did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because i have any love of violence. i planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.

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I have a special attachment to the people who befriended me during times of distress.

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I have walked that long road to freedom. i have tried not to falter; i have made missteps along the way. but i have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. i have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance i have come. but i can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and i dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.

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I have never cared very much for personal prizes. a person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.

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Men and women, all over the world, right down the centuries, come and go. some leave nothing behind. not even their names.

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I am fundamentally an optimist. whether that comes from nature or nurture, i cannot say.

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To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile.

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I have spent all my life dreaming of a golden age in which all problems will be solved and our wildest hopes fulfilled.

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Greed and power has turned brother against brother.

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Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.

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As i walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, i knew if i didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, i’d still be in prison.

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We must strive to be moved by a generosity of spirit that will enable us to outgrow the hatred and conflicts of the past.

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You may succeed in delaying, but never in preventing the transition of South Africa to a democracy.

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

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