Nelson Mandela

(164 votes)   The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Nelson Mandela
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(158 votes)   There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

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(155 votes)   That was one of the things that worried me - to be raised to the position of a semi-god - because then you are no longer a human being. I wanted to be known as Mandela, a man with weaknesses, some of which are fundamental, and a man who is committed.

Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman - b 1918 - Nobel Prize Winner 1993

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(155 votes)   There is no such thing as part freedom.

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(148 votes)   It is said that no-one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones,” Mr Mandela has said.

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South African Statesman - b 1918 - Nobel Prize Winner 1993

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(142 votes)   As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

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South African Statesman - b 1918 - Nobel Prize Winner 1993

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(97 votes)   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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(80 votes)   As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a con-sensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom: 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.

Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman - b 1918 - Nobel Prize Winner 1993

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(73 votes)   The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defense of our people...

Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman - b 1918 - Nobel Prize Winner 1993

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(65 votes)   I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

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(64 votes)   If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

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(63 votes)   Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.

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(62 votes)   Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

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(57 votes)   If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

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(53 votes)   Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

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