People Quotes by Nelson Mandela

“To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”

— Nelson Mandela

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

— Nelson Mandela

You encourage people by seeing the good in them.

— Nelson Mandela

To truly lead one's people, one must also truly know them.

— Nelson Mandela

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

— Nelson Mandela

Sport has the power to change the world...to inspire...to unite people.

— Nelson Mandela

Whenever I am with energetic young people, I feel like a recharged battery.

— Nelson Mandela

Do not judge people by their successes.

— Nelson Mandela

Freedom is meaningless if people cannot put food in their stomachs, if they can have no shelter, if illiteracy and disease continue…

— Nelson Mandela

Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.

— Nelson Mandela

We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share…

— Nelson Mandela

If there is one thing in this planet that has the power to bind people it is soccer.

— Nelson Mandela

When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.

— Nelson Mandela

Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

— Nelson Mandela

Other people have qualities that may be better than your own. Let them express them.

— Nelson Mandela

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of…

— Nelson Mandela

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government…

— Nelson Mandela

HIV/AIDS is the greatest danger we have faced for many, many centuries. HIV/AIDS is worse than a war. It is like a…

— Nelson Mandela

The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the…

— Nelson Mandela

Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in…

— Nelson Mandela

The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption…

— Nelson Mandela

It always gives me great pleasure to be surrounded by the beautiful children of our land. Whenever I am with the energetic…

— Nelson Mandela

I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them - poverty is the greatest…

— Nelson Mandela

Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the…

— Nelson Mandela

Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the…

— Nelson Mandela

During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I…

— Nelson Mandela

I want to find God, and because I want to find God, I have to find God along with other people. I…

— Nelson Mandela

At the meeting I argued that the state had given us no alternative to violence. I said it was wrong and immoral…

— Nelson Mandela

Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for…

— Nelson Mandela

We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a…

— Nelson Mandela

The USA is a threat to world peace. Who are they to pretend that they are the policemen of the world, the…

— Nelson Mandela

We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone…

— Nelson Mandela

Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

— Nelson Mandela

There is a constant struggle between good an evil in the world. It is up to good people to choose the right…

— Nelson Mandela

It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.

— Nelson Mandela

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

— Nelson Mandela

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

— Nelson Mandela

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

— Nelson Mandela

I was called a terrorist yesterday... Today I am admired by the very people who said I was one.

— Nelson Mandela

Young people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom.

— Nelson Mandela