Nelson Mandela Quotes

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

In prison, illusions can offer comfort.
– Nelson Mandela

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I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.
– 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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We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity, and power in our society.
– 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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Resentment is a method of self harm.
– Nelson Mandela

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Only free men can negotiate, prisoners can’t enter in contracts.
– Nelson Mandela

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The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
– Nelson Mandela

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It is music and dancing that make me at peace with the world.
– Nelson Mandela

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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
– 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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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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There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status.
– Nelson Mandela

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Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?
– Nelson Mandela

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I am the master of my fate and the captain of my destiny.
– 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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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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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

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

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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
– Nelson Mandela

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Know your enemy – and learn about his favorite sport.
– Nelson Mandela

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May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
– 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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During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
– Nelson Mandela

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