Long Walk To Freedom Quotes

I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man.

Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.

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Facts and figures from Nelson Mandela’s life, set to the trailer from ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.’
“Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.”

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else’s freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

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.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.

Nelson Mandela said: ‘It always seems impossible until it’s done.’ Peace is possible.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation

No one is born hating another 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.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

For 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 others.