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Nelson Mandela Quotes & Sayings

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president...
Nelson Mandela in EDUCATION

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment.
Nelson Mandela in FREEDOM

The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defense of our people...
Nelson Mandela in FREEDOM

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor le
Nelson Mandela in HUMAN RIGHTS

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL(1)

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL(1)

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL(1)

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL(1)

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL(1)

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL(1)

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL(1)

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL(1)

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL(1)

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
Nelson Mandela in INSPIRATIONAL

As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a con-sensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember
Nelson Mandela in LEADERSHIP

When I think about the past, the types of things they did, I feel angry, but then again that is my feeling. The brain always dominates, says, as I have pointed out, you have a limited time to stay on Earth.
Nelson Mandela in LIFE

The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope. African music is often about the aspirations of the Afric
Nelson Mandela in MUSIC

As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
Nelson Mandela in PEACE

That was one of the things that worried me - to be raised to the position of a semi-god - because then you are no longer a human being. I wanted to be known as Mandela, a man with weaknesses, some of which are fundamental, and a man who is committed.
Nelson Mandela in RELIGION

It is said that no-one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones,” Mr Mandela has said.
Nelson Mandela in SOCIETY

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?
Nelson Mandela in South African Statesman Quotes

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
Nelson Mandela in South African Statesman Quotes

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