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Inspirational Quotes by Nelson Mandela

111 Inspirational quotes by Nelson Mandela

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Denial of the right to live as you believe can push a person to become an outlaw. The quotes note that freeing yourself from fear also frees others, and that knowledge reduces arrogance and aggression. They also mention that true freedom cannot exist while poverty remains.

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The death sentence is a barbaric act.

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I am the captain of my soul.

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I approach every problem with optimism.

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All that (Mr. Bush) wants is Iraqi oil.

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“Let freedom reign.”

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Quitting is leading too.

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My family is very large. 42 million.

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There is no future without forgiveness

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You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.

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Education is the great engine to personal development.

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Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair

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Let us join hands and build a truly South African nation.

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The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind!

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We know what needs to be done -- all that is missing is the will to do it,

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We can't fight AIDS unless we do much more to fight TB as well.

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There is no passion to be found playing small.

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As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my…

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I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own…

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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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If there is one thing in this planet that has the power to bind people it is soccer.

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I cannot overemphasise the value we place on a free, independent and outspoken press

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When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.

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I commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries.

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A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.

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“People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more…

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Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly…

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If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest…

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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,…

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I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it…

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There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you…As we are liberated from our fear, our…

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I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when…

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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…

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During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I…

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I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But…

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I am fundamentally an optimist.

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Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.

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The time is always right to do right

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The best weapon is to sit down and talk.

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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.

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You encourage people by seeing the good in them.

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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…

We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful:…

“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the…

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we…

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It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him,…

It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom…