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.
NELSON MANDELARhetoric is not important. Actions are.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
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Nothing is black or white.
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It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
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Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.
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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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A winner is a dreamer who never gives up
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There is no future without forgiveness.
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
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Freedom can never be taken for granted.
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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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For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
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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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It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.
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Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
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Education is the great engine of personal development.
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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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For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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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 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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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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The best weapon is to sit down and talk.
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