Nothing is black or white.
NELSON MANDELAThere is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.
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For 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.
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Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
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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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History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.
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Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
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Blaming things on the past does not make them better.
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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
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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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No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.
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Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
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Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
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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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As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
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Freedom can never be taken for granted.
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The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.
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Racism is a blight on the human conscience.
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What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
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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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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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The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.
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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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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
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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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An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy.
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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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