Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
NELSON MANDELAIt is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires.
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Blaming things on the past does not make them better.
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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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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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You mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.
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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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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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The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
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We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
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Great anger and violence can never build a nation.
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It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
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Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.
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You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.
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Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
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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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