Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.
NELSON MANDELAMay your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.
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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
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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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Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.
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Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.
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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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You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
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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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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.
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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
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Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
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I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.
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Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
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Know your enemy – and learn about his favorite sport.
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