Education Quotes by Nelson Mandela

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

— Nelson Mandela

Education is the great engine to personal development.

— Nelson Mandela

It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor.

— Nelson Mandela

“I never lose. I either win or learn.”

— Nelson Mandela

Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.

— Nelson Mandela

Know your enemy — and learn about his favorite sport.

— Nelson Mandela

“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world”

— Nelson Mandela

Education has become a very powerful weapon in the struggle to produce a well-developed person.

— Nelson Mandela

No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.

— Nelson Mandela

Children are the most important asset in a country. For them to become that asset, they must receive education and love from…

— Nelson Mandela

It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.

— Nelson Mandela

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

— Nelson Mandela

Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

— Nelson Mandela

From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in any society.

— Nelson Mandela

On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth…

— Nelson Mandela

The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior.…

— Nelson Mandela

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen,…

— Nelson Mandela

Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else,…

— Nelson Mandela

Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they…

— Nelson Mandela

Of course we desire education and we think it is a good thing, but you don't have to have education in order…

— Nelson Mandela

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and…

— Nelson Mandela

The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in…

— Nelson Mandela

In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth…

— Nelson Mandela

Regarding African education in this country, there was a time when the government took no interest whatsoever in African education. It was…

— Nelson Mandela

“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor,…

— Nelson Mandela

We have introduced equity into our life, including a uniform educational system. We have also introduced a Bill of Rights, which is…

— Nelson Mandela

No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each…

— Nelson Mandela

“On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth…

— Nelson Mandela

I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training.…

— Nelson Mandela

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor,…

— Nelson Mandela

The virtue and the strength of UWC is that it provides small, but powerful cells of innovation, catalysts for change, breaking barriers…

— Nelson Mandela