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“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.”
― Nelson Mandela

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
― Nelson Mandela

“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.”
― Nelson Mandela

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
― Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the Country, by Dr. Goldsmith

“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
― Nelson Mandela

“One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.”
― Nelson Mandela

“I am the captain of my soul.”
― Nelson Mandela

“Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.”
― Nelson Mandela

“We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?”
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

“Quitting is leading too.”
― Nelson Mandela

“A winner is a dreamer who never gives up”
― Nelson Mandela

“It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.”
― Nelson Mandela