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Person Quotes by Nelson Mandela
- No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
- I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others.
- In human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and…
- It never hurts to think too highly of a person; often they become ennobled and act better because of it.
- Education has become a very powerful weapon in the struggle to produce a well-developed person.
- I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion.
- The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person,
- People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity…
- Although I am a gregarious person, I love solitude even more.
- I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without…
- 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,…
- No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.
- I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.
- Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better…
- It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.
- Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
- Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.
- Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son…
- 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…
- No one is born hating another person because of the color of their skin, their background, or their religion. People must learn to hate. And…
- Sometime, holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die
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