Where you stand depends on where you sit.
NELSON MANDELAWhere you stand depends on where you sit.
NELSON MANDELAIt is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.
NELSON MANDELAThe day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.
NELSON MANDELAIt is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
NELSON MANDELADo not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
NELSON MANDELAThe 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 MANDELAI am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
NELSON MANDELAThe time is always right to do right.
NELSON MANDELABlaming things on the past does not make them better.
NELSON MANDELAIf 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.
NELSON MANDELALead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.
NELSON MANDELAFor to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
NELSON MANDELAAs we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
NELSON MANDELAOur 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.
NELSON MANDELAIf 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.
NELSON MANDELAForgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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