More Quotes by Nelson Mandela
Great anger and violence can never build a nation.
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.
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.
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
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.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
