Nelson Mandela Robben Island Quotes & Sayings

I did not have an unlimited library to choose from on Robben Island. We had access to many unremembered mysteries and detective novels and all the works of Daphne du Maurier, but little more. — Nelson Mandela

What you give becomes an investment that will return to you multiplied at some point in the future. — Jim Rohn

I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was taken back to Pretoria when I was charged in the Rivonia trial, when I was then sent to Robben Island for life. — Nelson Mandela

Now we are living in the age of comics as air — Osamu Tezuka

You only live a short time ... and you are dead a long time. — Johan Huizinga

[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it. — Nelson Mandela

It is better to dare than fear. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others. Prison desk calendar, written on Robben Island, June 2, 1979 — Nelson Mandela

Just being the son of Billy Graham won't get me into heaven. — Franklin Graham