- 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.
~Nelson Mandela
- Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
~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 always seems impossible until it's done.
~Nelson Mandela
- 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.
~Nelson Mandela
- Difficulties break some men but make others.
~Nelson Mandela
- When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
~Nelson Mandela
- A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
~Nelson Mandela
- I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
~Nelson Mandela
- If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man.
~Nelson Mandela
- If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
~Nelson Mandela
- Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
~Nelson Mandela
- 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.
~Nelson Mandela
- No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. 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.
~Nelson Mandela
