I've never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I feel down and got back up again. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time has come to accept in our hearts and minds that with freedom comes responsibility. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Losing a sense of time is an easy way to lose one’s grip and even one’s sanity.” — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
South Africans have no concept of time and this is also why we can't solve poverty and social problems… It's now 10… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Freedom alone is not enough without light to read at night, without time or access to water to irrigate your farm, without… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What has sustained me even in the most grim moments is the knowledge that I am a member of a tried and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I am not the only one who did not want revenge. Almost all my colleagues in prison did not want revenge, because… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You have a limited time to stay on earth. You must try to use that period for the purpose of transforming your… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“I wondered--not for the first time--whether one was ever justified in neglecting the welfare of one's own family in order to fight… — 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… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Regarding African education in this country, there was a time when the government took no interest whatsoever in African education. It was… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“before either of us knew it, we were in the same room and in each other’s arms. I kissed and held my… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.” — 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
We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested... — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future. — 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
