Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
NELSON MANDELALive life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
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No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
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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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Great anger and violence can never build a nation.
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
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No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.
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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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Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
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There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
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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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Hope is a powerful weapon, and no one power on earth can deprive you of.
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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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There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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