40 Best Nelson Mandela Quotes

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. – Nelson Mandela

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

It always seems impossible until it's done. – Nelson Mandela

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. – 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 feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. – Nelson Mandela

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. – Nelson Mandela

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. – Nelson Mandela

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. – Nelson Mandela

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. – Nelson Mandela

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. – Nelson Mandela

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead. – Nelson Mandela

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. – Nelson Mandela

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. – Nelson Mandela

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front. – Nelson Mandela

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will. – Nelson Mandela

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. – Nelson Mandela

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. – Nelson Mandela

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison. – 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 so passionately dreamt of. – Nelson Mandela

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. – Nelson Mandela

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. – Nelson Mandela

It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it. – Nelson Mandela

Overcome the devils with a lot of prayer and then when you have finished your prayer, overcome them again with a lot of work. – Nelson Mandela

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. – Nelson Mandela

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. – Nelson Mandela

Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished. – Nelson Mandela

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. – Nelson Mandela

We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference. – Nelson Mandela

I am the master of my fate and the captain of my soul. – Nelson Mandela

Appearances matter — and remember to smile. – Nelson Mandela

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. – Nelson Mandela

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others. – Nelson Mandela

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. – Nelson Mandela

A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. – Nelson Mandela

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future. – Nelson Mandela

Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me. – Nelson Mandela

I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days. – Nelson Mandela

Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end. – Nelson Mandela

Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs. – Nelson Mandela

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. – Nelson Mandela