Nelson Mandela powerful Empowering quotes that will inspire you

• A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.

• People respond in accordance to how you treat them.

• I never lose. I either win or learn.

• Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.

• It always seems impossible until it’s done.

• When people are determined they can overcome anything.

Even if you have a terminal disease, you don’t have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.

• As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

• What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived; it is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

• Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

• There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to helping others without expecting anything in return.

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

• I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

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

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

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• One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

• 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.

• Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that

we are powerful beyond measure.

• As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

• 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.

• As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates other.

• 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.

• 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.

• If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

 

 

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

• Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

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

• You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

• Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

• The greatest glory in living is not in falling, but in rising every time we fall

• While poverty persists, there is no true freedom

• Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

• Action without vision is only passing time, vision without action is merely day dreaming, but vision with action can change the world.

• Sometimes, it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.

• Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.

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

• If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important, and you do that by being genuine and humble.

• Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.