Some of Nelson Mandela Quotes



















  1. It is in your hands, to make a better world for all who live in it. 
  2. After climbing a great hill, one only finds that the are many more hills to climb. 
  3. I have a special attachment to the people who befriended me during times of distress. 
  4. I am not a saint, unless you think a saint is a sinner who keeps trying – an 81-year-old Mandela at Houston in 1999. 
  5. When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive 
  6. The colour of my skin is beautiful, like the soil of Mother Africa In my country we go to prison first and then become President. 
  7. It always seems impossible until its done. 
  8. No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. 
  9. We must strive to be moved by a generosity of spirit that will enable us to outgrow the hatred and conflicts of the past. 
  10. We must all strive to be inspired by a deep-seated love of our country, without regard to race, color, gender or station in life. 
  11. 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. 
  12. Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. 
  13. 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 
  14. You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution. 
  15. The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person 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. 
  16. A winner is a dreamer who never gives up 
  17. We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. 
  18. A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar. Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. 
  19. There is no such thing as part freedom. 
  20. Money won’t create success. The freedom to make it will.

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