No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.
NELSON MANDELAMay your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Great anger and violence can never build a nation.
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There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
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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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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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Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
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There is nothing more dangerous than a humiliated man.
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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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The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.
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Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
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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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It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
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Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
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Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.
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Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
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Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
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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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Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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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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