Zelda La Grange Quotes

#1. Bitterness will make you sick. During [Madiba's] imprisonment they were forced to work in the limestone quarry. Chipping away for no reason. Bitterness is the same. You reduce your own character with such a mindless exercise of cultivating bitterness.

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#2. There is a difference between really being concerned about service delivery and incompetence and just complaining for the sake of it.

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#3. It's not important in life what happens to you, but how you handle what happens to you.

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#4. [Mandela] had believed all his life that you are very much in control of your own body, and, in the process of healing, your mind had to be stronger than the medicines applied. You also had to have determination to get better.

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#5. It was irrelevant how much time you spent with Madiba. Your relationship with him depended on how you felt about him in you heart.

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#6. Be kind to every person you meet because we don't know their battles.

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#7. Loyalty and dedication can't be bought or paid to go away.

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#8. Another of Madiba's great lessons: you can have a vast difference of opinion with someone but that never justifies disrespect.

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#9. There are literally a million ways to deal with any situation and Madiba was the best teacher in tutoring me to see those ways, but lying was never an option.

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#10. To test a man's character, give him power. Once people have power they will always reveal themselves.

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#11. It is of vital importance to [Mandela] to be courteous and grateful at all times, as we never know whether we will have the opportunity to thank people or pay respect whenever they have been good to you.

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#12. President Mandela was never scared to admit his own mistakes and then almost jump at the opportunity of apologising and then to move on.

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