I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Video screenshot Facts and figures from Nelson Mandela's life, set to the trailer from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.' "Man's goodness is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it… — 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
