No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
NELSON MANDELARhetoric is not important. Actions are.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.
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As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
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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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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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Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.
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Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
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It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.
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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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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
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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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Freedom can never be taken for granted.
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Know your enemy – and learn about his favorite sport.
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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
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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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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
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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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The time is always right to do right.
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Nothing is black or white.
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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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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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As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
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You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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