966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

We can't afford to be killing one another.

As long as outmoded ways of thinking prevent women from making a meaningful contribution to society, progress will be slow. As long as the nation refuses to acknowledge the equal role of more than half of itself, it is doomed to failure.

It never hurts to think too highly of a person; often they become ennobled and act better because of it.

There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and the neccessary skill.

Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.

It doesn't do any good to say I won't forgive her, because my child's already gone.

That was one of the things that worried me – to be raised to the position of a semi-god – because then you are no longer a human being. I wanted to be known as Mandela, a man with weaknesses, some of which are fundamental, and a man who is committed, but never the less, sometimes he fails to live up to expectations.

Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.

But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one's spirits strong even when one's body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.