#Nelson-Mandela
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It always seems impossible until it's done.
Atribuída a Nelson Mandela.
I never lose. I either win or I learn.
Atribuída a Nelson Mandela.
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela (Little, Brown, 1994).
A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994). A formulação condensada "Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front" circula amplamente como variante editorial desta passagem.