Nelson Mandela Quotes

It always seems impossible until it's done.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

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.

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.