The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
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.
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As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.
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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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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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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
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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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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
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No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
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It always seems impossible until it’s done.
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You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.
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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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A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
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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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The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.
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Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.
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