Nelson Mandela Quotes

Be sure that you make a difference in the world.

I think about legacy, of course. I don't want to make my life nothing. I want to know that I died and made a massive difference. I want to know that my life purpose was bigger than myself, and I want to pay forward because the amount of people that have helped me... the list of people that have contributed to where I am now is insane.

At the end of my life, I just want to make sure I made a big difference in this world.

I don't think success is what we've made of ourselves; I think it's what we've made of others.

God’s definition of success is really one of significance-the significant difference our lives can make in the lives of others. The significance doesn’t show up in won-loss records, long resumes, or the trophies gathering dust on our mantels. It’s found in the hearts and lives of those we’ve come across who are in some way better because of the way we lived.

Success is about us. Significance is about others.

A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.

We do make a difference - one way or the other. We are responsible for the impact of our lives. Whatever we do with whatever we have, we leave behind us a legacy for those who follow.

I'll be happy if the last thing they say about me after I die is that I made a difference.

Most of us will be remembered, in work and in life, for just a few words or deeds that made a difference to others. The way we choose to say good-bye is likely to be one of the ways we are remembered.

To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.

I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.

The worse thing in the world is for an individual to live, breath and exist and leave this earth, die, and not make impact.

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.

Even the smallest gesture can make a huge difference.

All the success I want is to inspire and impact on people that I come across that watch the game.

I didn't come to stay. I came to make a difference.

What is important - what I consider success - is that we make a contribution to our world.

The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

No,' he said, 'you only have to live long enough to inspire others to do great things.