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Nelson Mandela Quotes

"I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself""The brave man is not the one who does not feel afraid, but the one who conquers that fear.""Keep your friends close — and your rivals even closer.""One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.""It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.""No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.""Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.""There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal triumph if you have the iron will and the necessary skill.""It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.""It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. ""Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me.""One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.""What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.""There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.""Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.""I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.""Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.""There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered""The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall""Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people"
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