Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
NELSON MANDELAI 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.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.
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Blaming things on the past does not make them better.
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A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones.
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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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There is no future without forgiveness.
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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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No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
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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.
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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 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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A winner is a dreamer who never gives up
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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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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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Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.
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