Find the best quotes, maxims and aphorisms of Nelson Mandela

Biography : South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader.
Born: 1918 - Died: 2013
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: South Africa

Nelson Mandela - Quotes

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
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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.
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
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May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
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I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.
Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom /

While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.
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Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual dimension with its impulses for nonviolence, justice and equality.He exposes the fallacy of the claim that everyone can be rich and successful provided they work hard. He points to the millions who work themselves to the bone and still remain hungry.
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When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing?
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It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
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experience

I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
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Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.
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It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black.
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freedom

I detest racialism because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
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A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.
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India is Gandhi's country of birth; South Africa his country of adoption. He was both an Indian and a South African citizen. Both countries contributed to his intellectual and moral genius, and he shaped the liberatory movements in both colonial theaters.
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genius

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
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poverty

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
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Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
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The time for the healing of the wounds has come.
The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come.
The time to build is upon us.
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It always seems impossible until its done.
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impossible

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