"It is what we make out of..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela
It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.
More by Nelson Mandela
“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”
“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
“I learned to have the patience to listen when people put forward their views, even if I think those views are wrong. You can't reach a just decision in a dispute unless you listen to both sides.”
More on Self Reliance
“Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by "opinions" when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking.”
“It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.”
“The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs.”
More on Effort
“Someone once defined hard work as the accumulation of the easy things you didn't do when you should have.”
“To see farther, you must climb higher.”
“Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”