You mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.
NELSON MANDELAOvercoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
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There is no future without forgiveness.
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Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.
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If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important – and you do that by being genuine and humble.
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It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
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Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
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It always seems impossible until it’s done.
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Racism is a blight on the human conscience.
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The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
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For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
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