• What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

  Source: Speech 18 may 2002

  Nelson Mandela
  South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader 1918-2013
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. significance
2. determine
3. lives

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What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead. by : Nelson Mandela

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