Quotes

“Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.” Agatha Christie

“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.” Nelson Mandela

“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” Nelson Mandela

“Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.” Nelson Mandela

“Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?” Nelson Mandela

“ Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” Nelson Mandela

“I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.” Nelson Mandela

“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

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” Nelson Mandela

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” Nelson Mandela

“It always seems impossible until its done.” Nelson Mandela

“Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.” Nelson Mandela

“Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.” Nelson Mandela

“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.” Nelson Mandela

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” Nelson Mandela

“There is no such thing as part freedom.” Nelson Mandela

“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.” Nelson Mandela

“A good deed never goes unpunished.” Gore Vidal

“A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.” Gore Vidal

“Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.” Gore Vidal

“As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.” Gore Vidal

“Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.” Gore Vidal

“I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.” Gore Vidal

“In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.” Gore Vidal

“It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.” Gore Vidal

“Never have children, only grandchildren.” Gore Vidal

“Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.” Gore Vidal

“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.” Gore Vidal

“The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.” Gore Vidal