“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."
"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."
"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
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"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."
"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
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“Behind every person who’s committed an unimaginable crime is an adult who committed unimaginable violence against them as a child. All of them, as if it was plotted that way. Violence begets violence, and that violence begets even more violence.”
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“A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.”
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“ When you are young and strong...you can stay alive on your hatred"....but realized later "They can take everything from me except my mind and heart"
Nelson Mandela from Long Walk to Freedom”
― Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela from Long Walk to Freedom”
― Long Walk to Freedom
“Sometimes the guilty one is not the person who has committed the crime, but the person who has created the possibility for it to be committed.”
― Trust: Betrayed
― Trust: Betrayed
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