*ANC Leader;
*Prisoner for 27 years for his Anti-apartheid work;
*Co-winner, 1993 Nobel Peace Prize;
*Elected South Africa's President (1994 - 1999).
"Wounds that can't be seen
are more painful than
those that can be cured by a Doctor."
"I learnt that courage was not the absence of fear,
but the triumph over it."
"I felt fear myself more times than I can remember,
but I hid it behind a mask of boldness.
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid,
but he who conquers fear!"
"Where people of goodwill get together & transcend their differences
for the common good,
peaceful & just solutions can be found,
even for those problems that seem the most intractable."
*Prisoner for 27 years for his Anti-apartheid work;
*Co-winner, 1993 Nobel Peace Prize;
*Elected South Africa's President (1994 - 1999).
"Wounds that can't be seen
are more painful than
those that can be cured by a Doctor."
"I learnt that courage was not the absence of fear,
but the triumph over it."
"I felt fear myself more times than I can remember,
but I hid it behind a mask of boldness.
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid,
but he who conquers fear!"
"Where people of goodwill get together & transcend their differences
for the common good,
peaceful & just solutions can be found,
even for those problems that seem the most intractable."
Readers Digest: January, 2009.
