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.
NELSON MANDELARhetoric is not important. Actions are.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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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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Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
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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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Education is the great engine of personal development.
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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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Know your enemy – and learn about his favorite sport.
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Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.
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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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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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Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.
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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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Nothing is black or white.
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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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No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
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Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
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Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.
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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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Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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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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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 we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
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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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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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There is no future without forgiveness.
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