Nelson Mandela Quotes About Not Giving Up
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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
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We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
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Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.
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I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. 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. That way lays defeat and death.
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Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished
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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
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Nelson Mandela
- Born: July 18, 1918
- Died: December 5, 2013
- Occupation: Former President of South Africa
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