20 Transformative Quotes from Global Leaders to shift your Perspective

1. “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Nelson Mandela
2. “The only limit to our realisation of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
3. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
4. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
5. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
6. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
7. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
8. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
9. “One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.” Chinua Achebe:
10. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
12. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
13. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” – Tony Robbins
14. “Africa needs back its economy, its politics, its culture, its languages and all its patriotic writers.” Ngugi wa Thiong’o
15. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
16. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
17. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
18. “Our children may learn about the heroes of the past. Our task is to make ourselves architects of the future.”Jomo Kenyatta:
19. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
20. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb.

These quotes serve as powerful reminders of the potential within us and the impact we can have on the world. I carefully curated them to inspire you to view life through a new lens and embrace the possibilities that lie ahead. My favourites are 10 and 12.

The essence of who we are does not lie in pursuing happiness for the sake of happiness itself but for the sake of what impact we leave on others and in our communities. 12 reminds us that no condition is permanent the most important thing is to stay hopeful and keep striving for better.

Which of these quotes resonates with you the most?

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