Quotes + Thoughts | Mandela on positive thinking

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

~ Nelson Mandela [b 1918]

Quotes + Thoughts | Mandela on self conviction

“We ask ourselves, who am I to be, gorgeous, talented, brilliant, fabulous. Actually, who are you not to be?”

~ Nelson Mandela [b 1918]

Quotes + Thoughts | Mandela on the power within

“… And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do the same.”

~ Nelson Mandela [b 1918]

Quotes + Thoughts | Lincoln’s Mother’s Day Wish

“All I am, or hope to be, I owe it to my Angel Mother.”

~ Abraham Lincoln [1809 - 1865], 16th President of the United States

Quotes + Thoughts | Mandela on fighting our inner demons

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

~ Nelson Mandela [b 1918]

Quotes + Thoughts | Plato on facing adversity

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.”

~ Plato

Quotes + Thoughts | Plato on empathy

Be kind, for everyone you meet
is fighting a hard battle.”

~ Plato