Profession: Peace Activist, Writer, Social Activist, Philanthropist, Actor, Lawyer & Statesperson.
Year Of Birth: July 18th 1918
Year Of Death: December 5th 2013
Net Worth: $10 Million
Nationality: South Africa
- “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.” – 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
- “One of the most difficult things is not to change society — but to change yourself.” – 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
- “I never lose. I either win or learn.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – 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
- “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” – Nelson Mandela
- “We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings..” – Nelson Mandela
- “If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important, and you do that by being genuine and humble.” – Nelson Mandela
- “It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.” – 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 greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.” – Nelson Mandela
- “After climbing a great hill. One only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” – Nelson Mandela
- “A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.” – Nelson Mandela
- “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you have altered.” – Nelson Mandela
- “It is what we make out of what we have given, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.” – Nelson Mandela
- “We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.” – Nelson Mandela
- “We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful: those in command of immense market power and those who dare to fashion the world in their own image.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it’s very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.” – Nelson Mandela
- “I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all person live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” – Nelson Mandela
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – 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
- “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
- “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.” – Nelson Mandela
- “As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.” – Nelson Mandela
- “After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one’s person.” – Nelson Mandela
