Quotes by Nelson Mandela

"There is no passion to be found in playing small - in settling for a life that is less than what you are capable of living."

If you talk to [someone] in a language [he or she] understands, that goes to [the person's] head. If you talk to [somebody] in [his or her] language, that goes to [the] heart.

When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislikes and be free from the need to make it different, then we are free.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? 

we ask ourselves: who am i to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? actually, who are you not to be? you are a child of god. your playing small does not serve the world. we were born to make manifest the glory of god that is within us. it is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. (quoting marianne williamson)

We do no one any favors hiding our light and pretending to be smaller than we are....Nelson Mandela

But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one's spirits strong even when one's body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

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 up to despair.
That way lay defeat and death.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

 Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.