Nelson Mandela |
In the Words of Lucy Marcus, Nelson Mandela's legacy is an inspiration and his words speak on leadership, courage, fortitude, resilience, humility and humor.
Here are My 15 Favorite Quote of this Rare gem:
1. "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
2. "A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."
3. "Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."
4. "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
5. "If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."
6. "It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."
7. "It always seems impossible until it's done."
8. "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 myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death."
9."I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying."
10. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
11. "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."
12. "When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat."
13. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
14. "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
15. “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 mine worker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.”
Abraham Lincoln |
Summarily, Abraham Lincoln brings us enduring wisdom. He is wisdom Personified.
Here are my 15 favourite quotes of his:
1. “It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.”
2. "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
3. “Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.”
4. “I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”
5. “He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.”
6. “I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.”
7. “The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
8. “Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.”
9. “No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.”
10. “If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.”
11. “The best way to predict your future is to create it”
12. “Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”
13. “Live a good life. In the end it is not the years in a life, but the life in the years.”
14. “People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
15. “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
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