One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
NELSON MANDELAA Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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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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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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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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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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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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The best weapon is to sit down and talk.
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
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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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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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Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.
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There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
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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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Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
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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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No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.
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