Nelson Mandela Quotes

Easy is not an option!

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

I may not be able to do it but I’ll die trying.

There's a little perspiration involved in bringing about change too.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]

Almost anything difficult, any challenge takes time, patience, and hard work.

It is going to be tough if you look for the easy way out because very rarely is there an easy way out. There is nothing that replaces hard work.

Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

Freedom is not free, and we all have a lot of work ahead of us. And I perform the ultimate soundtrack to get the job done every day. We're not having any fun at all.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.

I think you have regrets when you didn't give it everything you had, and I always felt like I did. Whether it was good enough or not, that has nothing to do with the fact that I tried my best to give my team a chance to win, year in and year out.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

I had to work at everything.

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.

Struggling at anything that you want to be doing is hard.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.... The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

There is no progress without struggle.

Every medal I have won is a story of a difficult struggle.

You always need to try hard to find solutions. It's the same in life or tennis.

Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the hard work.

My only path has always been to work hard.