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.
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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Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
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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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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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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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History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.
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Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.
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Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
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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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Nothing is black or white.
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Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
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No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
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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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The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.
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I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.
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