Quotes from Nelson Mandela
I don't think there is much history can say about me. I just want to be remembered as part of that collective.
- Nelson Mandela
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
- Nelson Mandela
No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
- Nelson Mandela
Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.
- Nelson Mandela
No one is born hating another person... 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.
- Nelson Mandela
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
- Nelson Mandela
A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness.
- Nelson Mandela
The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.
- Nelson Mandela
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
- Nelson Mandela
Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.
- Nelson Mandela
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
- Nelson Mandela
We can't afford to be killing one another.
- Nelson Mandela