More Quotes by Nelson Mandela
Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.
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.
You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.
Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.
Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems
The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
