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Quotes by Nelson Mandela

'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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Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
 
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Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
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Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

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Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

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It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
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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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I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
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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. 

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
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If you talk to [someone] in a language [he or she] understands, that goes to [the person's] head. If you talk to [somebody] in [his or her] language, that goes to [the] heart.

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