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Nelson Mandela Quotes about Past

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No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future.

No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future.

Positive Thinking, Past, Matter

Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.

Taken, Past, Should Have

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.160, Pan Macmillan

Blaming things on the past does not make them better.

Past, Doe, Blame

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.63, Pan Macmillan

The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.

Past, Order, Choices

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.265, Pan Macmillan

I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was leaving behind.

Inspiring, Past, Leaving

Nelson Mandela, Robin Malan (1997). “The Essential Nelson Mandela”, David Philip

A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.

Past, Society, Refined

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.265, Pan Macmillan

I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and mental fatigue set in and I was unable to operate to the maximum of my intellectual ability. But in a single cell in prison, I had time to think. I had a clear view of my past and present, and I found that my past left much to be desired, both in regard to my relations with other humans and in developing personal worth.

Past, Thinking, Views

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We recall our terrible past so that we can deal with it, to forgive where forgiveness is necessary, without forgetting; to ensure that never again will such inhumanity tear us apart; and to move ourselves to eradicate a legacy that lurks dangerously as a threat to our democracy.

Moving, Past, Forgiving

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past.

Past, Doe, Forget

Nelson Mandela (1996*). “Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the African National Congress: January 8 1996”

The message of reconciliation, of nation-building, of granting amnesty, indemnity, has struck a powerful, favorable chord. And people can understand that we're here not for purposes of retribution but to forget the past and to build our country.

Country, Powerful, Past

We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us can achieve greatness.

Letting Go, Past, Greatness

Forget the past.

Moving On, Moving Forward, Past

Nelson Mandela (1990). “Nelson Mandela, symbol of resistance and hope for a free South Africa: selected speeches since his release”

South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

Past, Forgiving, Never Forget

We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future.

Past, Air, Joy

Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice

Past, Giving, Justice

Twitter post from Mar 15, 2016

Born: July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013
Occupation: Former President of South Africa

Quotes: 666

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