21 Best Education Quotes By Nelson Mandela


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Following Are the best collection of Education quotes by Nelson Mandela.

Education Quotes By Nelson Mandela


“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela


“From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in any society.” — Nelson Mandela


“Education is the great engine to personal development.” — Nelson Mandela


“Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it’s very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.” — Nelson Mandela


“No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.” — Nelson Mandela


Education Quotes By Nelson Mandela


“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.” — Nelson Mandela


“Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves your chances of building better lives.” — Nelson Mandela


“Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.” — Nelson Mandela


“Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.” — Nelson Mandela


“The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions, it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.” — Nelson Mandela


“It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism.” — Nelson Mandela


“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.” — Nelson Mandela


“It can be said that there are four basic and primary things that the mass of people in a society wish for: to live in a safe environment, to be able to work and provide for themselves, to have access to good public health and to have sound educational opportunities for their children.” — Nelson Mandela


“On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education.” — Nelson Mandela


“No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Any nation that is progressive is led by people who have had the privilege of studying.” — Nelson Mandela


“Let’s recommit to work towards our common goal: a nation where all of us are winners, all of us have shelter, food, and education” — Nelson Mandela


“It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.” — Nelson Mandela


“The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior. There was no such thing as African culture.” — Nelson Mandela


“No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.” — Nelson Mandela


“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” — Nelson Mandela


“Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one’s commitment.” — Nelson Mandela


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


“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.” ― Nelson Mandela


“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ― Nelson Mandela


“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.” ― Nelson Mandela


“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.” ― Nelson Mandela


“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” ― Nelson Mandela


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