“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.”
― Nelson Mandela
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“I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.”
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“We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
― Nelson Mandela
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"It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.”
― Nelson Mandela
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“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
― Nelson Mandela
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“I am the master of my fate and the captain of my destiny"
― Nelson Mandelala
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“I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other...The trouble, of course, is that most successful men are prone to some form of vanity. There comes a stage in their lives when they consider it permissible to be egotistic and to brag to the public at large about their unique achievements.”
― Nelson Mandela
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“Lead from the front — but don t leave your base behind.”
― Nelson Mandela
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“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”
― Nelson Mandela
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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.”
― Nelson Mandela
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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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“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires”
― Nelson Mandela
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