Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. Mandela is globally revered as a symbol of peace, justice, and freedom. Quotes by Nelson Mandela:
  1. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  2. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
  3. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
  4. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  5. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  6. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  7. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  8. “Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”
  9. “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.”
  10. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  11. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  12. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  13. “You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than through acts of retribution.”
  14. “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”
  15. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  16. “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails.”
  17. “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.”
  18. “When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
  19. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  20. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  21. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  22. “Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
  23. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  24. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  25. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  26. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  27. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  28. “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  29. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  30. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  31. “When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
  32. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  33. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  34. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  35. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
  36. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
  37. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  38. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  39. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  40. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  41. “Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”
  42. “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.”
  43. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  44. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  45. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  46. “You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than through acts of retribution.”
  47. “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”
  48. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  49. “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails.”
  50. “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.”
  51. “When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
  52. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  53. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  54. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  55. “Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
  56. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  57. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  58. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  59. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  60. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  61. “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  62. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  63. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  64. “When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
  65. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  66. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  67. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  68. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
  69. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
  70. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  71. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  72. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  73. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  74. “Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”
  75. “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.”
  76. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  77. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  78. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  79. “You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than through acts of retribution.”
  80. “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”
  81. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  82. “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails.”
  83. “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.”
  84. “When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
  85. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  86. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  87. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  88. “Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
  89. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  90. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  91. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  92. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  93. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  94. “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  95. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  96. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  97. “When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
  98. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  99. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  100. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  101. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  102. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  103. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way.”
  104. “Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”
  105. “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.”
  106. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
  107. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  108. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
  109. “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”
  110. “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.”
  111. “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
  112. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  113. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  114. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  115. “When the water starts boiling, it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
  116. “There is no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.”
  117. “I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say.”
  118. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  119. “Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
  120. “You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than through acts of retribution.”
  121. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  122. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  123. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  124. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  125. “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
  126. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  127. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  128. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
  129. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
  130. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  131. “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.”
  132. “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”
  133. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way.”
  134. “Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”
  135. “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.”
  136. “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  137. “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.”
  138. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  139. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  140. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  141. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
  142. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
  143. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  144. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  145. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  146. “Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”
  147. “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.”
  148. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  149. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  150. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  151. “You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than through acts of retribution.”
  152. “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”
  153. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  154. “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails.”
  155. “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.”
  156. “When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
  157. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  158. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  159. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  160. “Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
  161. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  162. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  163. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  164. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  165. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  166. “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  167. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  168. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  169. “When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
  170. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  171. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  172. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  173. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
  174. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
  175. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  176. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  177. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  178. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  179. “Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”
  180. “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.”
  181. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  182. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  183. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  184. “You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than through acts of retribution.”
  185. “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”
  186. “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  187. “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails.”
  188. “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.”
  189. “When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
  190. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
  191. “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  192. “One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.”
  193. “Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
  194. “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  195. “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
  196. “I never lose. I either win or learn.”
  197. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”
  198. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
  199. “After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
  200. “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.