966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

Je ne perds jamais. Soit je gagne, soit j'apprends.

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.

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

i love playing and chatting with children...feeding and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me throughout my...life. i like relaxing at the house, reading quietly, taking in the sweet smell that comes from the pots, sitting around a table with the family and taking out my wife and children. when you can no longer enjoy these simple pleasures something valuable is taken away from your life and you feel it in your daily work.

Some men, under the pressure of incarceration, showed true mettle, while others revealed themselves as less than what they had appeared to be.

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.

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

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

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.