Nelson Mandela

“It always seems impossible until it is done.”

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.”

“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”

“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”

“Forget the past.”

“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

“There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.”

“I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.”

“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.”

“There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.”

“There is no such thing as part freedom.”

“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.”

“Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.”

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

“Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.”

“Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.”

“I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.”

“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.”

“I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.”

“Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?”

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

“Education is key.”

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