Nelson Mandela #Quotes

• During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people, I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if it needs be it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
• The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
• If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
• We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
• 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.
• It always seems impossible until its done. <
• A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
• 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.
• 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.
• It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
• If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
• Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
• Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
• I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
• As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.