South African Quotes

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"It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences."

-- Nelson Mandela

"It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences."

-- Nelson Mandela

"I am local, but I belong to the whole universe."

-- Nelson Mandela

"I am local, but I belong to the whole universe."

-- Nelson Mandela

"We must sit down and talk about peace."

-- Nelson Mandela

"We must sit down and talk about peace."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Great anger and violence can never build a nation."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Great anger and violence can never build a nation."

-- Nelson Mandela

"There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature."

-- Nelson Mandela

"There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature."

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

"None of us acting alone can achieve success."

-- Nelson Mandela

"None of us acting alone can achieve success."

-- Nelson Mandela

"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."

-- Nelson Mandela

"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

"Only free men can negotiate; a prisoner cannot enter into contracts."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Only free men can negotiate; a prisoner cannot enter into contracts."

-- Nelson Mandela

"A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy."

-- Nelson Mandela

"A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy."

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me."

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will."

-- Nelson Mandela

"I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying."

-- Nelson Mandela

"I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- 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."

-- 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."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Appearances matter — and remember to smile."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Appearances matter — and remember to smile."

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

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

-- Nelson Mandela

"As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison."

-- Nelson Mandela

"As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison."

-- Nelson Mandela

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

-- Nelson Mandela

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Overcoming poverty is not a task 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."

-- Nelson Mandela

"Overcoming poverty is not a task 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."

-- Nelson Mandela