One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
NELSON MANDELAWhere you stand depends on where you sit.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.
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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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There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
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Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
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What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
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A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
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History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.
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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
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Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
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Freedom can never be taken for granted.
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Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
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The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
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Nothing is black or white.
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Hope is a powerful weapon, and no one power on earth can deprive you of.
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