--- title: "4 Arrogant Quotes By Nelson Mandela" description: "4 Arrogant quotes by Nelson Mandela. Plus more from Nelson Mandela and more Arrogant sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/nelson-mandela-248_aggressive_the-more-informed-you-are-the-less-arrog_180212.jpg" --- > [The more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/the-more-informed-you-are-the-less-arrogant-and-aggressive-you-are/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/nelson-mandela-248_aggressive_the-more-informed-you-are-the-less-arrog_180212.jpg) > [A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/a-good-leader-can-engage-in-a-debate-frankly-and-thoroughly-knowing/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/nelson-mandela-248_arrogant_a-good-leader-can-engage-in-a-debate-fra_937595.jpg) > [When I closed THE GRAPES OF WRATH, I was a different man. It enriched my powers of thinking and discipline, and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/when-i-closed-the-grapes-of-wrath-i-was-a-different-man-it-enriched/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/nelson-mandela-248_aggressive_when-i-closed-the-grapes-of-wrath-i-was_1529873.jpg) > [In my younger days, I was arrogant - jail helped me to get rid of it. I did nothing but make enemies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/in-my-younger-days-i-was-arrogant-jail-helped-me-to-get-rid-of-it-i/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/nelson-mandela-248_arrogance_in-my-younger-days-i-was-arrogant-jail-h_2547483.jpg) ## Other authors on Arrogant - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-toba-beta-105.jpg) Toba Beta 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/toba-beta/) - [Robin Sacredfire 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/robin-sacredfire/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-suzy-kassem-596.jpg) Suzy Kassem 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/suzy-kassem/) - [Craig D. Lounsbrough 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/craig-d-lounsbrough/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/rush-limbaugh/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/amit-kalantri/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jose-mourinho-53200.jpg) Jose Mourinho 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/jose-mourinho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hume-27582.jpg) David Hume 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/david-hume/) ## More by Nelson Mandela > [We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity and power in our society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/we-must-work-together-to-ensure-the-equitable-distribution-of-wealth/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/especially-for-those-of-us-who-lived-in-single-cells-you-had-the-time/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/if-you-don-t-allow-people-to-contribute-to-offer-their-point-of-view/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/courageous-people-do-not-fear-forgiving-for-the-sake-of-peace/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/as-a-leader-i-have-always-endeavored-to-listen-to-what-each-and-every/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/some-of-the-mission-groups-that-have-been-responsible-for-our/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [“I believed that I would become a counsellor to the Thembu king,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/i-believed-that-i-would-become-a-counsellor-to-the-thembu-king/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/what-he-means-by-this-is-that-instead-of-saying-you-ll-try-you-need/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/i-learned-that-courage-was-not-the-absence-of-fear-but-the-triumph/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/we-need-to-exert-ourselves-that-much-more-and-break-out-of-the/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/prison-is-a-still-point-in-a-turning-world-and-it-is-very-easy-to/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/a-fundamental-concern-for-others-in-our-individual-and-community/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [I am aware of what the position is in the United States of America. If somebody gives to charity, then he gets a tax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/i-am-aware-of-what-the-position-is-in-the-united-states-of-america-if/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/it-is-our-duty-to-give-support-to-the-brother-leader-especially-in/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/it-was-during-those-long-and-lonely-years-that-my-hunger-for-the/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogant/nelson-mandela/#itemlist", "name": "4 Arrogant Quotes By Nelson Mandela", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nelson Mandela" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/the-more-informed-you-are-the-less-arrogant-and-aggressive-you-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/nelson-mandela-248_aggressive_the-more-informed-you-are-the-less-arrog_180212.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/nelson-mandela-248_aggressive_the-more-informed-you-are-the-less-arrog_180212.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/nelson-mandela-248_aggressive_the-more-informed-you-are-the-less-arrog_180212.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.” — Nelson Mandela", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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