The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.
NELSON MANDELANothing is black or white.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
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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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Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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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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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
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Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
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It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.
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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
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The time is always right to do right.
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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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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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Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
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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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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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