Nelson Mandela Courage Quotations

You have shown courage that few have done in similar circumstances.

He had the courage to admit that a terrible wrong had been done to our country and people through the imposition of the system of apartheid,

[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it.

Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.

I learned that courage was 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.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

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.

Of all the observations I have made on the strike, none has brought forth so much heat and emotion as the stress and emphasis we put on non- violence. Our most loyal supporters, whose courage and devotion has never been doubted, unanimously and stren