MANDELA’s QUOTEs

The world has continued to pray for the speedy recovery of
Nelson Mandela, who is being treated for a recurrent lung
infection in a Pretoria hospital. The South Africa government has
described the health condition of the country first black leader as
“serious but stable”.
Prince Ademola Ibrahim Mandela serves you some of Madiba’s quotes as the
anti-apartheid fighter ‘fights for his life’. You can make a pick of
your favourite quote(s) while you are also free to add your
favourite Mandela’s quote(s).

“I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come
responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet
ended.”

“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.”

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work
with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”

“Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never
extinguished.”

“I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had
done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought,
because of my conscience.”

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising
every time we fall.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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
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.”

“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 always seems impossible until it’s done.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times
I fell down and got back up again.”

“As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You
can never have an impact on society if you have not changed
yourself… Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of
honesty, but humility.”

“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.”

“It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been
inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its
highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”

“A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting
the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not
realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”

“We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome,
talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?”