More quotes by Nelson Mandela

"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 not an optimist, but a great believer of hope."
"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."
"Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future."
"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."