About Nelson Mandela
1918 – 2013
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and statesman who served as President of South Africa. Imprisoned for 27 years, he emerged to lead his country toward reconciliation and democracy.
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“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.”
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.”
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
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“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.”