Get inspired and empowered with this collection of some the most inspirational quotes from Nelson Mandela. Enjoy!
“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”
– Nelson Mandela
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
– Nelson Mandela
“Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.”
– Nelson Mandela
“If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.”
– Nelson Mandela
“Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.”
– Nelson Mandela
“I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.”
– Nelson Mandela
“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”
– Nelson Mandela
“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.”
– Nelson Mandela
“Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.”
– 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
“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
– Nelson Mandela
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
– Nelson Mandela
“Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”
– Nelson Mandela
“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
– Nelson Mandela
“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.”
– Nelson Mandela
“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.”
– Nelson Mandela
