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Nelson Mandela Quotes
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary
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A year from now you'll wish you started today
I like me a little bit more when i'm with you
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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work
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What a beautiful world it would be if people had hearts like dogs
Don't look back you're not going that way
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I told you I'll be ready in FIVE minutes, stop calling me every half hour






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When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Freedom is meaningless if people cannot put food in their stomachs, if they can have no shelter, if illiteracy and disease continue to dog them (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support themselves for as long as possible and, when they cannot do so anymore, to care for them (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
I have always admired men and women who used their talents to serve the community, and who were highly respected and admired for their efforts and sacrifices, even though they held no office whatsoever in government or society (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Only 50 years ago persons with intellectual disabilities were scorned, isolated and neglected. Today, they are able to attend school, become employed and assimilate into their local community (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
If there is one thing in this planet that has the power to bind people it is soccer (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
I was called a terrorist yesterday... Today I am admired by the very people who said I was one (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of basic necessities such as food, jobs, water and shelter, education, health care and a healthy environment (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Those who can’t imagine change reveal the deficits of their imaginations, not the difficulty of change (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character! (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Whose life testifies to the truth that there is no shame in being oppressed: Those who should be ashamed are they who oppress others (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
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 and an absence of variety. You learn to look into yourself (Nelson Mandela Quotes)
Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it’s very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country (Nelson Mandela Quotes)