More Quotes by Nelson Mandela
The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.
Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.
It only seems impossible until it's done.
The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.
Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
The time is always right to do right
Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.