The world lost one of the best freedom fighters of all time. Known as the anti-apartheid hero of South Africans, the great Nelson Mandela passed away at 95 after having battled lung infection for several years.

Mandela has been fighting as an anti-apartheid icon for the country since he was 20 years old, according to IBTimes Australia. For two decades, he has made it his aim to lead a peaceful campaign of protest against the racist regimes of the South African government.

He was known for being a quiet yet firm speaker who delivered the most memorable quotes that published materials, scholars and other professionals have used through the generations that passed during his lifetime. Hello Magazine could not emphasize more how Nelson Mandela has rendered powerful speeches that exude not just authority but also demanded a high sense of justice. All these without putting into compromise the need to insert some wit every once in a while.

Here we remember the top 5 quotes of Nelson Mandela that deserve to be immortalized for future generations to know and learn:

1. "Difficulties break some men but make other. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end."

2. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

3. "We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference."

4. "A winner is a dreamer who never gives up."

5. "We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."

Way back in 1994, Nelson Mandela even had his own quote on death taken from an interview made for the documentary Mandela, IB Times reports. The quotation notes:

"Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for eternity."

Rest in Peace Nelson Mandela. Fly high.