MotivatingTips

Born July 18, 1918 — Died 2013

# Nelson Mandela Born in Rolihlahla in the Eastern Cape on July 18, 1918, Nelson Mandela grew up in the Thembu royal household before studying law in Johannesburg.

• “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

• “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”

• “It always seems impossible until it's done.”

Born July 18, 1950

**Richard Branson** On July 18, 1950, in Surrey, England, Richard Branson entered the world as the son of a barrister and a former ballet dancer who threw him off a bridge at age four to teach him to swim.

• “Screw it, let's do it.”

• “If your dreams don't scare you, they are too small.”

• “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.”