Quotes by Nelson Mandela

“If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.”

“Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.”

“There is an old illusion-it is called good and evil.”

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

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 am the captain of my soul.

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

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation

I AM THE MASTER OF MY FATE AND THE CAPTAIN OF MY DESTINY.

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

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

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping ones head pointed toward the sun, ones feet moving forward. 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. That way lays defeat and death.

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

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.

It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism.

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.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.