Nelson Mandela

"I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"A good leader must work within the system, even when it is unjust."

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

"Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people feel secure."

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

"May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears."

"A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear and this is why it is such a powerful weapon."

"I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom."

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made."

"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."

"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy."

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects the freedom of others."

"You can take a man out of prison, but you cannot take the prison out of a man if he has not truly forgiven."

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

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

"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."

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

"It is never too late to give up our prejudices."

"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

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

"Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people."

"In my country we go to prison first and then become President."

"The greatest wealth is a healthy body and a peaceful mind."

"If you speak to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you speak to him in his language, that goes to his heart."