{"id":2931,"date":"2020-07-18T15:46:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T10:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifegram.org\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2022-06-25T15:51:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T10:21:39","slug":"nelson-mandela-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/nelson-mandela-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Best 30 Nelson Mandela Quotes to Inspire You for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Nelson Mandela was a man of many words of wisdom. He fought for what he believed in and inspired others to do the same. Nelson Mandela quotes reflect that he was a man of great strength and courage. They also reflect his belief in the power of education and the importance of fighting for what is right.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Spending 27 years in jail, from November 1962 until February 1990, Nelson emerged even more motivated and the power of his words can be seen throughout his speeches, as well as through letters written in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Born in the small village of Mvezo in South Africa on July 18, 1918, Mandela\u2019s humble childhood was relatively carefree until the age of nine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">By the time he was in his 20s, he was a leader in the anti-apartheid movement, and in 1942, he joined the African National Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">For two decades, Mandela fought the South African government\u2019s racist policies and actions through non-violent and peaceful means, like at the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the 1955 Congress of the People.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Spending 27 years in jail, from November 1962 until February 1990, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Mandela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nelson Mandela<\/a> emerged even more motivated and the power of his words can be seen throughout his speeches, as well as through letters written in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Here are some precious quotes we have collected for you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/motivational-quotes\/\">get daily motivation<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1. A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5961 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Nelson Mandela Quotes\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2. Human beings have got the ability to adjust to anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">3. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">4. When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">5. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">6. Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5962 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2.jpg\" alt=\"best Nelson Mandela Quotes\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">7. A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">8. It is in your hands, to make a better world for all who live in it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">9. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">10. Greed and power have turned brother against brother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">11. If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">12. One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5963 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3.jpg\" alt=\"inspiring Nelson Mandela Quotes\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">13. The habit of attending to small things and appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">14. As a leader of a mass organization, one must listen to the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">15. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">16. Together we must set out to correct the defects of the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5964 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4.jpg\" alt=\"motivational Nelson Mandela Quotes\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">17. It always seems impossible until it&#8217;s done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">18. When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">19. Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">20. Significant progress is always possible if we ourselves try to plan every detail of our lives and actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">21. After climbing a great hill, one only finds that the are many more hills to climb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">22. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5965 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5.jpg\" alt=\"top Nelson Mandela Quotes\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">23. 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">24. 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">25. It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on Earth irrespective of the consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">26. Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">27. If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">28. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">29. Money won\u2019t create success. The freedom to make it will.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">30. We too will die but that which we collectively contribute to our national cultural identity will live forever beyond us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">31. A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5966 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6.jpg\" alt=\"powerful Nelson Mandela Quotes\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/6-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If any of the above quotes by Nelson Mandela inspired you, let us know in the comment section.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nelson Mandela was a man of many words of wisdom. 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