Nelson Mandela Quotes - Page 2

South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999

We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity, and power in our society.
– Nelson Mandela

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You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
– Nelson Mandela

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I have always believed that exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.
– Nelson Mandela

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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
– Nelson Mandela

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We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.
– Nelson Mandela

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A leader… is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
– Nelson Mandela

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

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As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
– Nelson Mandela

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Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
– Nelson Mandela

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And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
– Nelson Mandela

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Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.
– Nelson Mandela

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

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Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.
– Nelson Mandela

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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

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In prison, illusions can offer comfort.
– Nelson Mandela

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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
– Nelson Mandela

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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
– Nelson Mandela

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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.
– Nelson Mandela

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I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.
– Nelson Mandela

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I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.
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