--- title: "4 Honour Quotes By Nelson Mandela" description: "4 Honour quotes by Nelson Mandela. Plus more from Nelson Mandela and more Honour sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/nelson-mandela-248_being-honest_since-the-dawn-of-history-mankind-has-ho_1340604.jpg" --- > [Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/since-the-dawn-of-history-mankind-has-honoured-and-respected-brave/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/nelson-mandela-248_being-honest_since-the-dawn-of-history-mankind-has-ho_1340604.jpg) > [Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/sport-has-the-power-to-inspire-and-unite-people-in-africa-soccer-2/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/nelson-mandela-248_african-continent_sport-has-the-power-to-inspire-and-unite_1379610.jpg) > [The time will come when our nation will honour the memory of all the sons, the daughters, the mothers, the fathers, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/the-time-will-come-when-our-nation-will-honour-the-memory-of-all-the/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99d/nelson-mandela-248_children_the-time-will-come-when-our-nation-will_1687425.jpg) > [Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/honour-belongs-to-those-who-never-forsake-the-truth-even-when-things/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/nelson-mandela-248_being-honest_honour-belongs-to-those-who-never-forsak_2711084.jpg) ## Other authors on Honour - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/william-shakespeare/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 27 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-herbert-37751.jpg) George Herbert 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/george-herbert/) - [Samuel Johnson 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/charles-dickens/) - [Aristotle 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-milton-51960.jpg) John Milton 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/john-milton/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-genn-79770.jpg) Robert Genn 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honour/robert-genn/) ## 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/honour/nelson-mandela/#itemlist", "name": "4 Honour Quotes By Nelson Mandela", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nelson Mandela" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/since-the-dawn-of-history-mankind-has-honoured-and-respected-brave/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/nelson-mandela-248_being-honest_since-the-dawn-of-history-mankind-has-ho_1340604.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/nelson-mandela-248_being-honest_since-the-dawn-of-history-mankind-has-ho_1340604.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/nelson-mandela-248_being-honest_since-the-dawn-of-history-mankind-has-ho_1340604.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.” — Nelson Mandela", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. 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