61 Nelson Mandela Quotes on Life & Integrity (HONOR)

Top 23 Nelson Mandela Quotes to Inspire Your Success

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived; it is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”
Nelson Mandela

I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. — Our deepest **fear** is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children. — Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as **successful** children.

It always seems impossible until it's done. — It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. — May your choices reflect your **hopes**, not your fears.

A blind pursuit of cheap popularity has nothing to do with revolution. - Nelson Mandela — A blind pursuit of cheap popularity has nothing to do with revolution. – Nelson Mandela

There is no passion to be found playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up. — A winner is a **dreamer** who never gives up.

Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals of humanism which the Nobel Peace Prize encapsulates.”
Nelson Mandela

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. — **Education** is the most powerful weapon which you can use to **change** the world.

Sometimes, it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others. — One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not **change** others.

Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty. — Those who conduct themselves with morality, **integrity** and **consistency** need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to helping others without expecting anything in return. — There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to helping others without expecting anything in return.

You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with, and a sense of humor and a complete relaxation, even when you’re discussing serious things, does help to mobilize friends around you. And I love that.”
Nelson Mandela

After climbing a great hill. One only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

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. — 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.

24 Nelson Mandela Quotes on Believing and Living Your Best Life

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity, and a decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.”
Nelson Mandela

If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man.

Difficulties break some men but make others.

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of. — A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately **dreamt** of.

The values of human solidarity that once drove our quest for a humane society seem to have been replaced, or are being threatened, by a crass materialism and pursuit of social goals of instant gratification.”
Nelson Mandela

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. — I learned that **courage** was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished. — Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.”
Nelson Mandela

Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. — Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in **peace**.

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society — but to change yourself.

When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing?”
Nelson Mandela

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. — If you want to make **peace** with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. — We must use **time** wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

When people are determined they can overcome anything. — When people are **determined** they can overcome anything.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. — **Resentment** is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

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.

It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.”
Nelson Mandela

14 Highly Motivational Nelson Mandela Quotes to Uplift You

Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

The greatest glory in living is not in falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon. — **Forgiveness** liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action. — You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the **action**.

Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings. — Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the **actions** of human beings.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace. — Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of **peace**.

Action without vision is only passing time, vision without action is merely day dreaming, but vision with action can change the world. — **Action** without vision is only passing time, vision without action is merely day **dreaming**, but vision with action can change the world.

Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people. — Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the **freedom** of their people.

As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

People respond in accordance to how you treat them.

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important, and you do that by being genuine and humble.

Nelson Mandela Short Biography

The Nobel Peace Price winner in 1993 for dismantling apartheid in South Africa, Nelson Mandela (full name Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela) is the first black president of South Africa (served from 1994 to 1999).

Born on 18 July 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa, Nelson Mandela was a member of the African National Congress since 1942.

And for 20 years, he led a peaceful, nonviolent campaign against the South African government and its racist policies (including the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the 1955 Congress of the People).

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
Nelson Mandela

In 1961 (as a co-founder of MK), he organized a three-day national workers’ strike, and the following year, Mandela was sentenced to five years imprisonment.

However, in 1963, he was brought to trial again along with 10 other ANC leaders (the unsung heroes who stood trial with Mandela). This time, they were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Nelson Mandela served a total of 27 years behind bars – from November 1962 until February 1990.

After many years of pressure (by the local and coordinated international campaign for his release), Mandela was finally released from prison on 11 February 1990.

3 years later, Nelson Mandela and together with President de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts toward ending apartheid in the once socially divided country.

At age 77, Mandela became the first black president of South Africa on May 10, 1994 with de Klerk as his first deputy.

Learn more about Nelson Mandela here:

Nelson Mandela timeline of achievements – Vuk’uzenzele
Biography of Nelson Mandela – Nelson Mandela Foundation
10 Major Accomplishments of Nelson Mandela – Learnodo Newtonic

Here are the best Nelson Mandela quotes so you can be encouraged to never give up even in the midst of hardships and challenges.

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**Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela**

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