Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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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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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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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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
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Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.
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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
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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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The 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.
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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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Appearances matter – and remember to smile.
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A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.
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It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
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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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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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