“The greatest glory
in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Quoting
Marianne Williamson
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“And as we let our own light
shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same”
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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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“It always seems impossible until
it’s done.”
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“There
is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less
than the one you are capable of living.”
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“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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“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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“After climbing a great hill, one
only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
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“If you
talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you
talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
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“It is better to lead from behind
and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice
things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will
appreciate your leadership.”
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“As we
are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates
others.”
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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.”
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“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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“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 consensus 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.”
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“There
can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it
treats its children.”
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“A good
head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
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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 I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great
hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a
moment
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“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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“Education
is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
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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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“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,”
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“When the water starts boiling it
is foolish to turn off the heat.”
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“I dream
of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”
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“Money won't create success, the
freedom to make it will.”
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“Does
anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't
have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?”
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“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”
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“Let
freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
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“There is no such thing as part
freedom”
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“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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“Let there be work, bread, water
and salt for all.”
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“We need
to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of
dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful: those in command of
immense market power and those who dare to fashion the world in their own
image”
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“Only free men can negotiate;
prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be
separated.”
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“The
curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad
tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have
lost your job, but that song gives you hope”.
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“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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“How can
I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been
the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should
now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither
morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am
not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of
government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the
civilized world.”
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“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,…”
Quotations Credit- www.thinkexist.com
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