966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.

Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.

Although I am a gregarious person, I love solitude even more.

Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.

The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalized.

The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.

In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right.

When I went to jail, I was a trained lawyer. And when the wardens received letters of demands or summonses, they didn't have the resources to go to an attorney to help them. I would help them settle their cases, so they became attached to me and the other prisoners.