Nelson Mandela Quotes (16 quotations)

1. A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. - Nelson Mandela

2. For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. - Nelson Mandela

3. I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. - Nelson Mandela

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

5. I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. - Nelson Mandela

6. 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

7. If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. - Nelson Mandela

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

9. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. - Nelson Mandela

10. Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. - Nelson Mandela

11. Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. - Nelson Mandela

12. There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. - Nelson Mandela

13. There is nothing like returing to a place that remains uncganged to find how you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

14. There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

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

16. When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat. - Nelson Mandela

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