Where you stand depends on where you sit.
NELSON MANDELAOne of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
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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 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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The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.
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You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.
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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.
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The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.
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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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Racism is a blight on the human conscience.
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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
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Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
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It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.
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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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Education is the great engine of personal development.
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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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