Nelson Mandela Quotes

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to

change the world.
Nelson Mandela

Education, Change, You
I learned that cour age 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

Courage, Fear, Man
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable
combination.
Nelson Mandela
Wisdom, Good, Always
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front,
especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur.
You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will
appreciate your leadership.
Nelson Mandela

Leadership, Nice, You
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
Wisdom, You, Man
or 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

Freedom, Live, Way
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work
with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
Nelson M andela
eace, Wor!, You
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.
Nelson Mandela
Li"e, You, assion
It always seems impossible until its done.
Nelson Mandela

Always, #one, $mpossi%le
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many
more hills to climb.
Nelson Ma ndela

Great, More, &nly
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
des ires.
Nelson Mandela
Freedom, #eath, Will
There can be no keener revelation of a society!s soul than the
way in which it trea ts its children.
Nelson Mandela
'ociety, Which, Way
In my country we go to pr ison first and then become #resident.
Nelson Mandela
Go, (hen, First
$e must use time wisely and forever reali%e that the time is
always ripe to do right.
Nelson Mandela
(ime, Always, )ight
&ever, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land
will again e'perience the oppression of one by another.
Nelson Mandela
E*perience, +eauti"ul, Will
I detest racial ism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing,
whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
Nelson Mandela
Man, +ecause, (hing
If the (nited )tates of America or *ritain is having elections,
they don!t ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. *ut when
we have elections, they want observers.
Nelson Ma ndela
olitics, Want, America
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 wh en you
are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.
Nelson Mandela
Good, You, &ther
+oney won!t create succes s, the freedom to make it will.
Nelson Mandela
Money, 'uccess, Freedom
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains
unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Nelson Mandela
You, Li!e, Yoursel"
,oes anybody really think t hat they didn!t get what they had
because they didn!t have the talent or the strength or the
endurance or the commitment-
Nelson Mandela
'trength, (hin!, +ecause
.et there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
Nelson Mandela
eace, Wor!, Water
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Nelson Mandela
eace, Which, #ream
.et freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human
achievement.
Nelson Mandela
Freedom, Never, ,uman
If there are dreams about a beautiful )outh Africa, there are
also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be
named /oodness and orgiveness.
Nelson Mandela
#reams, +eauti"ul, Could