"It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success."

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Source : Nelson Mandela (2003). “Nelson Mandela: from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches”, Jonathan Ball Publishers

Nelson Mandela

#Inspirational Quotes #Motivational Quotes #Inspiring Quotes

“Fundamentally I think we all write the kinds of work we'd most like to read. Or we try to.”
“It's a fundamental aspect of the free enterprise system and economics: If there's no penalty associated with increased costs, why not lay on increased costs?”
“And finally, to all Canadians: Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world. We can beÂ a better one - a country of greater equality, justice, and opportunity. We can build a prosperous economy and a society that shares its benefits more fairly. We can look after our seniors. We can offer better futures for our children. We can do our part to save the world's environment. We can restore our good name in the world.”

Source : Jack Layton's Letter to Canadians, www.theglobeandmail.com. August 20, 2011.
“It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior”

Source : Wallace Shawn (2009). “Essays”, p.22, Haymarket Books
“The Jewish question is really the most serious of our problems.”
“I love the excesses of beauty, there is never enough sunlight in the world I will live in, never enough room for love.”
“Women never look so well as when one comes in wet and dirty from hunting.”

Source : 'Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour' (1853) ch. 21
“Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.”

Source : Michael Foot (1980). “Debts of Honour”, London : Davis Poynter

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