Nelson Mandela

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

"Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening."

"Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening."

"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."

"I am the captain of my soul."

"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation"

"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."

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

"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

"I AM THE MASTER OF MY FATE AND THE CAPTAIN OF MY DESTINY."

"I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days."

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

"I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope."

"I cannot say for certain if there is such a thing as love at first sight, but I do know that the moment I first glimpsed Winnie Nomzamo, I knew that I wanted to have her as my wife."

"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."

"A winner is a dreamer who never gives up"

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

"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."

"I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them."

"A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special."