Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
NELSON MANDELAFor 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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One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
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It always seems impossible until it’s done.
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Hope is a powerful weapon, and no one power on earth can deprive you of.
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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
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The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.
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You mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.
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There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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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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The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
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No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.
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The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.
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There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
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