Nelson Mandela
A Few Quotations On Courage
Standard“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.”
Mark Twain
“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
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“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face. . . we must do that which we think we cannot.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“We must always have the courage to oppose tyranny, bigotry, and ignorance. We must speak out, use the power of our voices, and we must vote!”
Charles F. French
Quotations on Courage
Standard“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
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“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face. . . we must do that which we think we cannot.” Eleanor Roosevelt
Quotations on Bigotry
Standard“What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.”
Albert Einstein
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background or his religion. People 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
“There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.”
Malala Yousafzai
“Bigotry of all kinds is intolerable, unjustifiable, and immoral. We, as human beings, must always be willing to stand up against any kind of bigotry.”
Charles F. French
Quotations on Education
Standard“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”
Thomas Paine

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.”
Victor Hugo
Quotations on Freedom
Standard“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”
Abraham Lincoln
“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.”
Nelson Mandela
Quotations on Education
Standard“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
Walter Cronkite
Quotations on Education
Standard“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
Margaret Mead
Quotations on the Importance of Education
Standard“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
Socrates
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“Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow. Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.”
Malala Yousafzai
Quotations on Education
StandardEducation is one of the most treasured parts of my life. I am constantly both a teacher and a student, and I believe it is one of the most crucial aspects of life both for individuals and for society as a whole. Here are a few offerings for your consideration:
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
(The Death of Socrates Jacques-Louis David, 1787)
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
Socrates
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“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
Malala Yousafzai