67 Quotes By Nelson Mandela


Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
Nelson Mandela on money

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.
Nelson Mandela on morning

Forget the past.
Nelson Mandela on movingon

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
Nelson Mandela on peace

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
Nelson Mandela on peace

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Nelson Mandela on peace

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

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
Nelson Mandela on peace

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.
Nelson Mandela on peace

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.
Nelson Mandela on peace

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.
Nelson Mandela on politics

Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.
Nelson Mandela on politics

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
Nelson Mandela on society

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.
Nelson Mandela on society

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.
Nelson Mandela on society

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?
Nelson Mandela on strength

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
Nelson Mandela on success

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
Nelson Mandela on time

I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.
Nelson Mandela on time

I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.
Nelson Mandela on time