"I am convinced that floods of personal..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela
I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompanies tragedy suffocate him.
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“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
“The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.”
“There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and the neccessary skill.”
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“Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are so afraid, so cautious, so 'safe,' and therefore so shrinking and rigid and afraid that it is why so many humans fail. Most middle-aged adults have resigned themselves to failure.”
“We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees.”
“Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer.”