Nelson Mandela Quotes
Anti-apartheid revolutionary who spent 27 years in prison before becoming South Africa’s first democratically elected president. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
“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”
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 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
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed
Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all
When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace
Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit
I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world
Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people
Social equality is the only basis of human happiness
Great anger and violence can never build a nation. We are striving to proceed in a manner and towards a result, which will ensure that all our people, both black and white, emerge as victors
We are fighting for a society where people will cease thinking in terms of colour
Without democracy there cannot be peace
When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace