“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
Nelson Mandela Quotes
1918 – 2013
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and statesman who served as President of South Africa. Imprisoned for 27 years, he emerged to lead his country toward reconciliation and democracy.
35 quotesAbout Nelson Mandela on Wikipedia
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
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“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
“I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations.”
“But, my lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
“I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.”
“I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.”
“I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people.”
“Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.”
“Exercise dissipates tension, and tension is the enemy of serenity.”
“I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there.”
“The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement!”
“We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people.”
“Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.”
