As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I feel down and got back up again. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity and power in our society. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them, then they… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
What he means by this is that instead of saying you'll "try", you need to "do". And as we let our light shine, we… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful:… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
I am aware of what the position is in the United States of America. If somebody gives to charity, then he gets a tax… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
