Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. The document highlights some of Mandela's most famous quotes about freedom, leadership, hate and love, fear, and doing one's duty with integrity. It provides inspiration for living freely and respecting others' freedom, engaging in open debate to find truth, and finding peace after living according to one's principles.
2. “I am confident that nobody… will accuse me of
selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good
health, with my family, my friends and also myself.”
3. “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.”
4. “No one is born hating other person because of the color of his skin, or his
background, or his religion. 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.”
5. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our
deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
7. “To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live
in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of
8. “A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly,
knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and
thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are
arrogant, superficial and uninformed.”
9. “When a man has done what he considers to be his
duty to his people and his country, he can rest in