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 MANDELAYou mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
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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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A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones.
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
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Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.
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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.
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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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We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
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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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Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.
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History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.
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The best weapon is to sit down and talk.
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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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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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