Nelson Mandela Quotes (93+)

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

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 needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

I am not a saint unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

Freedom cannot be achieved unless the women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression.

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.

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

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

It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.