QUOTES BY NELSON MANDELA

11 INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES BY NELSON MANDELA

DURING HIS LONG LIFE NELSON MANDELA INSPIRED COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS. HE INSPIRED US WITH NUMEROUS WORDS OF WISDOM , ETCHED IN OUR MEMORIES TILL TOMORROW. AND HIS WORDS REMAIN EVERGREEN. HERE IS A COLLECTION OF QUOTES THAT PERSONIFY HIS SPIRIT.

•   " IT ALWAYS SEEMS  IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT'S DONE "

•  " 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 TOWARDS 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. "

•  " 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 "

•  "REAL LEADERS MUST BE READY TO SACRIFICE ALL FOR THE FREEDOM OF THEIR PEOPLE "

•  " A FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN FOR OTHERS IN OUR INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY LIVES WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN MAKING THE WORLD THE BETTER PLACE WE SO PASSIONATELY DREAMT OF."

• " 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 "

• " DO NOT JUDGE ME BY MY SUCCESSES , JUDGE ME BY HOW MANY TIMES I FELL DOWN AND GOT BACK UP AGAIN "

• " 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 "

• " MONEY WON'T CREATE SUCCESS  , THE FREEDOM TO MAKE IT WILL. "

• " MAN'S GOODNESS IS A FLAME THAT CAN BE HIDDEN BUT NEVER EXTINGUISHED "

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