Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
NELSON MANDELAIt always seems impossible until it’s done.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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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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Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.
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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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The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.
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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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Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
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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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Education is the great engine of personal development.
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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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It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.
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There is no future without forgiveness.
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History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.
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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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Nothing is black or white.
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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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