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"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, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."
"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 here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended."
"Fools multiply when wise men are silent."
"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 of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another."
"There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return."
"If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble."
"Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns."
"Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again."
"In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualities which are within easy reach of every soul - are the foundation of one's spiritual life."
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
"Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do."
"Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening."
"If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the apartheid government."
"Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon."
"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."
"It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build."
"Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front."
"A winner is a dreamer who never gives up"
"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."
"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."