966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

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

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.

Victory in a great cause is measured not only by reaching the final goal. It is also a triumph to live up to expectations in your lifetime.

It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.

The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of freedom.

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.

If our expectations—if our fondest prayers and dreams— are not realized, then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.

Courage is 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.