Here we have put together a list of the 25 best quotes by Nelson Mandela.
Top 25 Nelson Mandela Quotes and Sayings
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
Appearances matter - and remember to smile.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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.
One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
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.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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.
Lead from the back - and let others believe they are in front.
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
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.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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.
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.
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
It always seems impossible until it's done.