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Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. Desmond Tutu

Inspirational Life Love Hope Value Every Extraordinary Promise Point Inestimable Human Ordinary Human Life Your Acts

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. Nelson Mandela

Beautiful History Experience Oppression Will Shall Never Another Again Land

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. Desmond Tutu

Together Humanity Only Bound Up Human Yours

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart. Desmond Tutu

Tradition has it that whenever a group of people has tasted the lovely fruits of wealth, security, and prestige, it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege. Steven Biko

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster. Elon Musk

You Change People Some People Embrace Some Like Disaster Alternative Need

The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's racial, cultural, religious or political. Dave Matthews

Political Situation Religious No-Win Part Idea Obsessed Saddest Cultural Human Whether Which Race Them Racial Us Really Human Race

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country. Nelson Mandela

Education Challenges Will Face Country Important Meet Give Never Without Very Role Children Explain Really Should Your Play

People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society. Nelson Mandela

You Peace People Progress Will Society Relate Approach Our Say Respond Towards React How Lot Accordance Contribute Stability Want Them Then Things Violence Basis

If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude, but if one's mind is so manipulated and controlled by the oppressor, then there will be nothing the oppressed can do to scare his powerful masters. Steven Biko

Heart Mind Will Free Oppressor Nothing Scare Powerful Masters His Oppressed Man-Made Controlled Manipulated Then Chains Bind Servitude

Whatever you go into, you have to go in there to be the best. There's no formulas. It's all about passion and honesty and hard work. It might look glamorous, but it takes a lot of hard work. The blessing with the arts is that you can do it forever. Hugh Masekela

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

Freedom Achievement Glorious Sun Never Human Reign Set

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way. Nelson Mandela

People Leader Way Right Way Out Must Direction He Leading New New Direction Go His Off Times Confident Move Flock Right

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat. Nelson Mandela

Water Starts Foolish Off Heat Turn Turn-Off Boiling

I've realized that although Valentine's Day can be a cheesy money-making stint to most people, it's a day of expressing love across the world. It doesn't have to only be between lovers, but by telling a friend that you care, or even an old person that they are still appreciated. Reeva Steenkamp

Love Day You People World Old Care Valentines Day Valentine Telling Only Between Most Although Cheesy Still Friend Person Lovers Realized Old Person Across Even Expressing Appreciated

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