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.
NELSON MANDELATake it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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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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Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.
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One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
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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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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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Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
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Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
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Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.
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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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Education is the great engine of personal development.
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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
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It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.
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Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
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May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
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