Appearances matter – and remember to smile.
NELSON MANDELAI am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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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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You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.
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Courage is not the absence of fear. It is inspiring others to move beyond it.
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No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
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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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Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.
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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
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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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No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
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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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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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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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Racism is a blight on the human conscience.
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Freedom can never be taken for granted.
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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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Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
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Great anger and violence can never build a nation.
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A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.
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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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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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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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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.
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Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
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