Nelson Mandela

Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence … I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor…

Nelson Mandela

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Nelson Mandela

You encourage people by seeing the good in them.

Nelson Mandela

You have to carefully choose the opportunity and make sure that history would be on your side.

Nelson Mandela

You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and a complete relaxation, even when you’re discussing serious things, does help to mobilise friends around you. And I love that.

Nelson Mandela

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

Nelson Mandela

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

A man is not a man until he has a house of his own.

Nelson Mandela

A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness.

Nelson Mandela

A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones.

Nelson Mandela