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Time Quotes by Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela describes how time in a small cell gave him space to think and strengthen his resolve. He reminds us that we should be judged by how many times we fall and get back up, not just by success. He also says remembering a painful past helps us forgive and heal.

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Forget the past.

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Times change, we need to change as well.

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The time is always right to do right

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Blaming things on the past does not make them better.

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There is no future without forgiveness

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We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us…

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

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The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight.

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

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“If I had my time over I would do the same again, so would any man who dares call himself a man.”

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Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation

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Men come and men go, I have come and I will go when my time comes

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There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested...

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South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

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There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he…

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A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their…

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I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back…

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My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my…

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I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to…

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It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the…

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Action without vision is only passing time. Vision without action is merely day dreaming. But vision with action can change the world.

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The time will come when our nation will honour the memory of all the sons, the daughters, the mothers, the fathers, the…

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I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities…

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It is necessary to heal the wounds of the past If you are going to build your country and to have unity.…

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I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and…

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“Although few people will remember 3 June 1993, it was a landmark in South African history. On that day, after months of…

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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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We recall our terrible past so that we can deal with it, to forgive where forgiveness is necessary, without forgetting; to ensure…

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Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered…

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We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

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Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I feel down and got back up again.

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True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past.

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I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for…

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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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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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I've never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph.

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“We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”

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I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was…

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No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future.

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Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

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