Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

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Date created: April 2010

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Birthdate July 18, 1918

Zodiac Cancer

Location Umtata,

Country Transkei

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Job presidents,

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Nelson Mandela Quotes

It always seems impossible until its done.

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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

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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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(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

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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.

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During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

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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.

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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

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It always seems impossible until it's done.

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Where you stand depends on where you sit.

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