"You encourage people by seeing the good..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela

“At the meeting I argued that the state had given us no alternative to violence. I said it was wrong and immoral to subject our people to armed attacks by the state without offering them some kind of alternative. I mentioned again that people on their own had taken up arms. Violence would begin whether we initiated it or not. Would it not be better to guide this violence ourselves, according to principles where we saved lives by attacking symbols of oppression, and not people? If we did not take the lead now, I said, we would soon be latecomers and followers to a movement we did not control.”

“No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.”

“Those South Africans who berate me for being loyal to our friends, literally they can go and throw themselves into a pool. I am not going to betray the trust of those who helped us.”

“Don't listen to people who tell you what to do. Listen people who encourage you to do what's right in your heart.”

“It's a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.”

“It's very inexpensive to give a compliment.”

“...fry me an optimist for breakfast.”

“You see, now that trials have come, they have shown that I am NOT a nice child. I was afraid they would. Perhaps... that is what they were sent for... I suppose there MIGHT be good in things, even if we don't see it.”

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”