When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Sometime, holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We slaughter one another in our words and attitudes. We slaughter one another in the stereotypes and mistrust that linger in our… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
