Nelson Mandela Quotes about Heart

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Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Nelson Mandela

Life, Hate, Heart

1994 LongWalk to Freedom.

The time has come to accept in our hearts and minds that with freedom comes responsibility.

Nelson Mandela

Heart, Responsibility, Mind

Twitter post from Apr 04, 2017

Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for good the minds and hearts of individual people through dialogue and confidence building. These efforts must be reinforced by our efforts to create just structures in society to support the ongoing work of negotiations in the human community. Only then will we have a chance to negate the terrible consequences of the tremendous conflicts facing humankind today.

Nelson Mandela

Heart, People, Support

In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the hearts and minds of people.

Nelson Mandela

Spiritual, Heart, People

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity — a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.

Nelson Mandela

Heart, Black And White, People

Presidential Inaugural Speech, delivered 10 May 1994, Pretoria, South Africa

We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many.

Nelson Mandela

Inspiration, Heart, Cynical

"Nelson Mandela: South Africa is proof that there is reason for optimism". www.independent.co.uk. May 10, 2004.

I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away.

Nelson Mandela

Heart, Giving, Mind

Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.10, Hachette UK

Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.

Nelson Mandela

Soccer, Sports, Heart