Quote By Nelson Mandela

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

Compassion Hope Unity

Anti-apartheid Revolutionary, Former President of South Africa, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Born: July 18, 1918

Died: December 5, 2013

Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid in South Africa, enduring 27 years in prison. He became the country's first black president in 1994 and a global symbol of peace and equality.

Explanation Of The Quote

Nelson Mandela emphasizes the unifying power of compassion and empathy among people. He suggests that shared experiences of suffering can foster mutual understanding, empathy, and solidarity, leading to collective hope and optimism for the future.

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When people are determined, they can overcome anything.

As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

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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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

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

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

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