- · As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
- · I am the captain of my soul.
- · Where you stand depends on where you sit.
- · I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
- · The greatest glory in living lies not in ever falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- · As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.
- · Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.
- · One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed my self, I could not change others.
- · It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.
- · Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
- · A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
- · It always seems impossible until it is done.
- · After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
- · Poverty is not an accident, life slavery and apartheid; it is manmade and can be removed by the actions of human beings.
- · As I have said the first thing is to be honest with yourself.
- · WE ASK OURSELVES, WHO AM I TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS, HANDSOME, TALENTED AND FABULOUS? ACTUALLY, WHO ARE YOU NOT TO BE?
- · Courage is not the absence of fear – it is inspiring others to move beyond it.
- · Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
- · ONCE A PERSON IS DETERMINED TO HELP THEMSELVES, THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP THEM.
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