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.
NELSON MANDELAMay your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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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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The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.
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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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It always seems impossible until it’s done.
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Racism is a blight on the human conscience.
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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
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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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Freedom can never be taken for granted.
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Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
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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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Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
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There is nothing more dangerous than a humiliated man.
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No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
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