966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

The Commonwealth makes the world safe for diversity.

It’s not our weaknesses that frighten us. It’s our strengths.

Of course we desire education and we think it is a good thing, but you don’t have to have education in order to know that you want certain fundamental rights, you have got aspirations, you have got acclaims. It has nothing to do with education whatsoever.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

Your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

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.

We can’t win a war, but we can win an election.

For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society.