Famous Quotes and Comments by Nelson Mandela

What always worried me in prison was [that I could acquire] the image of someone who is always 100 percent correct and can never do any wrong. People expect me to perform far beyond my ability.
Nelson Mandela

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 farmworkers 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.
Nelson Mandela

I would like to be remembered as part of a team, and I would like my contribution to be assessed as somebody who carried out decisions taken by that collective.
Nelson Mandela

I was once a young man and I did all the things young men do.
Nelson Mandela

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Nelson Mandela

If you have an objective in life, then you want to concentrate on that and not engage in infighting with your enemies. You want to create an atmosphere where you can move everybody towards the goal you have set for yourself - as well as the collective for which you work.
Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Quotations