There is nothing more dangerous than a humiliated man.
NELSON MANDELAOur 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.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
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Courage is not the absence of fear. It is inspiring others to move beyond it.
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.
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Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
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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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Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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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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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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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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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
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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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