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.
NELSON MANDELAYou mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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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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There is nothing more dangerous than a humiliated man.
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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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Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.
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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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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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Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
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You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.
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Blaming things on the past does not make them better.
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The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.
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Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
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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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The time is always right to do right.
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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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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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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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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
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The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
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Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
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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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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
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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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The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.
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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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Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
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