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“Like all Xhosa children, I acquired knowledge mainly through observation. We were meant to learn through imitation and emulation, not through questions. When I first visited the homes of whites, I was often dumbfounded by the number and nature of questions that children asked of their parents—and their parents’ unfailing willingness to answer them. In my household, questions were considered a nuisance; adults imparted information as they considered necessary.”
Nelson Mandela

“It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.”
Albert Einstein

“Millions of people miss today because either they refuse to let go of the past or they worry about the future.”
Joyce Meyer

“Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber. Paul said, “We know that these troubles produce patience. And patience produces character.”
Rick Warren

“I have nothing to make me miserable," she said, getting calmer; "but can you understand that everything has become hateful, loathsome, coarse to me, and I myself most of all? You can't imagine what loathsome thoughts I have about everything."
Leo Tolstoy

“«No es la posición lo que hace al líder, sino el líder quien establece la posición».”
John C. Maxwell

“كيف تريدون ان يبنى مجد البلاد اذا لم يضحي امثالنا بانفسهم”
Nelson Mandela

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to  succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”
Abraham Lincoln

“What’s worse than training your people and losing them? Not training them and keeping them.”
John C. Maxwell

“A successful man continues to look for work after he has found a job.”
Napoleon Hill

“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”
Abraham Lincoln

“Well, I went for a ride but I didn't find my car”
Bill Gates

“When people at dinner parties ask me how I can possibly operate in the current political environment, with all the negative campaigning and personal attacks, I may mention Nelson Mandela, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, or some guy in a Chinese or Egyptian prison somewhere. In truth, being called names is not such a bad deal.”
Barack Obama

“You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”
Zig Ziglar

“When leaders learn and live good values, they make themselves more valuable and lift the value of other people. That is the foundation of positive leadership.”
John C. Maxwell

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