Nelson Mandela

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

The greatest glory in living lies in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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

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

Nothing is black or white.

It always seems impossible until it is done.

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they’re about to do and thinks it still matters.

There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early enough.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Tis admirable to consider, how Powerful the Kings are, yet they move by the Breath of their People.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

If he really thinks there is no distinction between vice and virtue, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.