
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
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who spent 27 years in prison and became the country's first Black president in 1994.
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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

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.Nelson Mandela

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

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation.Nelson Mandela

Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.Nelson Mandela

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.Nelson Mandela

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.Nelson Mandela

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