One of the saddest lines in the world is, 'Oh come now - be realistic.' The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.


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The only country where you see any positive movement within domestic consumption is Brazil, where yo...
ROBERT NELSON
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
HORATIO NELSON
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
NELSON MANDELA
Me would like an invisibility cloak to get the hell out of this mess.
JANDY NELSON
The.
World.
Is.
Not.
A.
Safe.
Place.
JANDY NELSON
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an ou...
NELSON MANDELA
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate ...
NELSON MANDELA
There once was a girl who found herself dead.
She peered over the ledge of heaven
and saw ...
JANDY NELSON
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
NELSON MANDELA
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
NELSON MANDELA
There were once two sisters
who were not afriad of the dark
because the dark was full of t...
JANDY NELSON
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
WILLIE NELSON
The guy's life drunk, I think, makes Candide look like a sourpuss. Does he even know that death exis...
JANDY NELSON
You have to see the miracles for there to be miracles.
JANDY NELSON
It always seems impossible until it's done.
NELSON MANDELA
Lead from the front — but don t leave your base behind.
NELSON MANDELA
Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.
NELSON MANDELA
The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the who, what, where, why, and ...
PAULA NELSON
I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
LORD NELSON
We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we ha...
NELSON MANDELA
Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, b...
NELSON MANDELA
I do not believe you can do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow.
NELSON JACKSON
The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting.
GEORGE NELSON
The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.
NELSON BOSWELL
These numbers are staggering, in fact incomprehensible. By all accounts, we are dealing with the gre...
NELSON MANDELA
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
NELSON MANDELA
We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better road maps.
NELSON DEMILLE
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
NELSON HENDERSON
Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.
NELSON BOSWELL
The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake...
NELSON BOSWELL
What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really ...
NELSON BOSWELL
I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.
LORD NELSON
I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.
LORD NELSON
The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as ...
NELSON ALGREN
Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in...
NELSON ALGREN
The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar respo...
NELSON ALGREN
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman ...
NELSON ALGREN