If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been ow... - Nelson Mandela

"If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent."

Nelson Mandela Patience

President, Anti-apartheid Activist South African 1918–2013

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

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

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

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

"Patience is a virtue I'm still learning."

"I may be a redhead, but I'm not a hothead."

"Patience is a virtue."

"Patience is a virtue I never learned."