Nelson Mandela on Courage Quotes

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison, facing the constant threat of violence and death. His courage was not a lack of fear, but a triumph over it. He famously said, '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. ' For Mandela, courage was a decision to act on principle regardless of the personal cost, a quality that eventually brought down the system of apartheid.