S Nelson* Quotes

We must stop assuming that a thing which has never been done before probably cannot be done at all.

We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.

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?

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time.

... Chicago divided your heart. Leaving you loving the joint for keeps. Yet knowing it never can love you.

Increase your faith. Proclaim your faith. Let your faith show.

Our continent must be allowed to do its own things, charting its course and destiny.

As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.

Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.

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

If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.

I cannot command winds and weather.

Every new fad or fashion at once has its denouncers from the pulpit, platform, professor's chair.

Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes the freedom of all of us less meaningful.

I discovered even before I went to jail that apartheid was not run by people who were monolithic in their approach. Some of them didn't even believe in apartheid.

To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that showed the way towards a brighter future.

There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.

We raise our voices in holy gladness to celebrate the victory of the risen Christ over the terrible forces of death.

Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths differ for different worlds but the nature of agreement between a world apart from it is notoriously nebulous.

Until the day when a wise black man can become our ambassador in Paris, we will forever be a pre-Brazil.

Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country.

Golf is a percentage game, and I play the percentages.

I don't really believe in 'directions' in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that's all.

When you are behind bars with no hope of release, you need to find strength wherever you can. Personally, I found strength in Michael Jackson.

The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret debugging commands, apparently under the impression that I'll tell them.

For the masses who do the city's labor also keep the city's heart.

Watch for a wild boy of no particular clan, ready for anything, always armed. Prefers fighting to toil, drink to fighting, chasing women to booze or battle: may attempt all three concurrently.

With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

I am the captain of my soul.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Nothing is black or white.

To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.

As a kid, I drew cartoon characters and comic book heroes. Spiderman and the X-Men were my favorites.

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.

Who wants to know that the person you love and need the most can just vanish forever

If you are negotiating you must do so in a spirit of reconciliation, not from the point of view of issuing ultimatums.

Living isn't just about doing for yourself,but what you do for others as well.

Spirit and body, when joined together, become a living soul of supernal worth.

Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

The time is always right to do right

The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives.

An unprecedented wave of enthusiasm for missionary work is sweeping the entire earth. It is not man-made! It comes from the Lord, who said, “I will hasten my work in its time” (D&C 88:73).

Remember: sin, even if legalized by man, is still sin in the eyes of God.