We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
I am the captain of my soul.
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.
One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
Appearances matter — and remember to smile.
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
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?
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
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.
If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
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.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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.
It always seems impossible until its done.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
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.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
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