Know your enemy – and learn about his favorite sport.
NELSON MANDELAWhat 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.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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The best weapon is to sit down and talk.
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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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Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
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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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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
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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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History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.
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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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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
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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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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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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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There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires.
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No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.
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Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
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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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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
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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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We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
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