Powerful Quotes by Nelson Mandela

13 Powerful quotes by Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela’s thirteen reflections on power reveal the depth of his moral compass. Though brief, each quote offers a window into how he balanced authority with humility.

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Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

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

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Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of.

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

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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.

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Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.

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

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The message of reconciliation, of nation-building, of granting amnesty, indemnity, has struck a powerful, favorable chord. And people can understand that we're…

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We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the…

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Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower…

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

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I knew we could improve our lives even in jail. We could come out as different men, and we could even come…

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The question of crime is one of concern to everybody. But the position is that the security forces in our country for…

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“I believed that I would become a counsellor to the Thembu king,”

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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not…

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A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we…

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It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom…

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