Be the greatest of who you were meant to be. Life goes on ferociously-with or without you. It is your choice. Truly and magnificently your choice.

Carew Papritz
About This Quote

In this short quote, Mandela is talking about the power of choice. In life, when we make a choice, whether it is to survive or die, we are choosing life. When we choose to live, we are choosing greatness. We can choose to be a great person or a person who is a loser in life.

We can also choose not to be a winner in life and instead let ourselves be a loser forever. When we choose to live and have a choice in our lives, we become the most powerful people in the world because we have the ability to decide what happens in our lives.

Source: The Legacy Letters: His Wife, His Children, His Final Gift

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