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"It always seems impossible until it's done."

— Nelson Mandela

It Always Seems Impossible Until Its

It always seems impossible until it's done.

— Nelson Mandela
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Widely attributed to Nelson Mandela and consistent with his life philosophy, though no specific speech, interview, or text has been verified as the primary source — it is tagged "attributed-no-source" on major quote databases. The sentiment resonates with the arc of his life: when he was imprisoned in 1964 following the Rivonia Trial, a peaceful transition to democracy in South Africa seemed impossible to most observers, yet Mandela became the country's first democratically elected president in 1994.

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Attributed, widely quoted from speeches

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