There is no future without forgiveness.
NELSON MANDELAWhat counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
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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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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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Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
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It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.
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It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.
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What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
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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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Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.
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As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.
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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
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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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It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
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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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Nothing is black or white.
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Education is the great engine of personal development.
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Hope is a powerful weapon, and no one power on earth can deprive you of.
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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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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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Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
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It always seems impossible until it’s done.
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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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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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