"We don't have to be victims of..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela
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.
More by Nelson Mandela
“It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.”
“In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one is governed, a constitution which guarantees democratic rights to all sections of the population, the right to approach the court for protection or relief in the case of the violation of rights guaranteed in the constitution, and the right to take part in the administration of justice as judges, magistrates, attorneys-general, law advisers and similar positions.”
“I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.”
More on Forgiveness
“I've seen my friends take someone back after they've cheated because they fit perfectly.”
“Flesh and blood,You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition,Expell'd remorse and nature, who, with Sebastian-Whose inward pinches therefore are most strong-Would here have kill'd your king, I do forgive thee,Unnatural though thou art.”
“I have sometimes thought that the laws ought not to punish those actions of evil which are committed when the senses are steeped in intoxication.”
More on Past
“We face the future with our past and our present as guarantors of our promises; and we are content to stand or to fall by the record which we have made and are making.”
“I am free now to detach myself from what used to be.”
“Regret is distress over a desire unfulfilled or an action performed or not performed.”