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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. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.
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optimism
hope
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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.
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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
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inspirational
forgiveness
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Nelson Mandela |
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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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inspirational
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Nelson Mandela |
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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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Nelson Mandela |
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I am the captain of my soul.
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inspirational
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Nelson Mandela |
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A winner is a dreamer who never gives up
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inspirational
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Nelson Mandela |
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A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones
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struggle
freedom
politics
inspirational
revolution
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Nelson Mandela |
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Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation
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inspirational
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Nelson Mandela |
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I AM THE MASTER OF MY FATE AND THE CAPTAIN OF MY DESTINY.
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inspirational
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Nelson Mandela |
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I did not have an unlimited library to choose from on Robben Island. We had access to many unremembered mysteries and detective novels and all the works of Daphne du Maurier, but little more.
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