“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
Author: Nelson Mandela
Topic: Hatred, Enmity
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“Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.”
Author: Nelson Mandela
Topic: Money, Success, Liberty
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“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.”
Author: Nelson Mandela
Topic: Poverty, Charity, Justice
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“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.”
Author: Nelson Mandela
Topic: Life, Giving and Sharing
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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.”
Author: Nelson Mandela
Topic: Tolerance, Liberty
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“No one is born hating another person because of the colour 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.”
Author: Nelson Mandela
Topic: Hatred, Love, Tolerance, Learning
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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.”
Author: Nelson Mandela
Topic: Objective, Personal Development, Ambition
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“Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.”
Author: Nelson Mandela
Topic: Death, Self-Fulfilment
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“Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.”
Author: Nelson Mandela
Topic: Kindness
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“A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.”