I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.
NELSON MANDELAThe 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.
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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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
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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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Nothing is black or white.
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We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.
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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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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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Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
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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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There is nothing more dangerous than a humiliated man.
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Great anger and violence can never build a nation.
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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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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
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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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