You mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.
NELSON MANDELAAs we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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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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Blaming things on the past does not make them better.
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
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If 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.
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Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
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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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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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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
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Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
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Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.
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It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
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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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An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy.
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