Nelson Mandela

Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

Nelson Mandela

Education has become a very powerful weapon in the struggle to produce a well-developed person.

Nelson Mandela

Education is the great engine of personal development.

Nelson Mandela

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

Nelson Mandela

For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.

Nelson Mandela

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Nelson Mandela

Having resentment against someone is like drinking poison and thinking it will kill your enemy.

Nelson Mandela

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

Nelson Mandela

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Nelson Mandela

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

Nelson Mandela