1. Invictus quotes

Question 1

‘It’s the terrorist

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Mandela, they let him out. Remember this day boys, this is the day our country went to the dogs.’ -White rugby coach (apartheid torn society)

Question 2

‘The rainbow

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nation starts here. Reconciliation starts here’ –Mandela (leadership, vision, determination, belief)

Question 3

‘he can win

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an election, but can he run a country’ - On a newspaper in relation to Mandela’s new presidency

Question 4

‘have no such

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fear, the past is the past, we look to the future now, we want your help, we need your help’ –Mandela (motivation, leadership, change)

Question 5

‘He’s not a

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saint … he’s a man, with a man’s problems.’ -Jason referring to Mandela

Question 6

‘Forgiveness liberates

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the soul. It removes fear. That’s why it is such a powerful weapon.’ -Mandela

Question 7

‘we need to use

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every brick available to us, even if that brick is wrapped in green and gold’ -Mandela (determination, leadership, change, growth)

Question 8

‘you have a

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very difficult job’ - Mandela to Francois in relation to winning the Rugby World Cup

Question 9

‘The day I

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am afraid to do that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.’ -Mandela (leadership, strength)

Question 10

‘I don’t like

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seeing you shake his hand. And I’m not the only one.’ -Zindzi (unaccepting)

Question 11

‘in order to

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lead our nation, we must all exceed our own expectations’ -Mandela (leadership, commitment)

Question 12

‘he looks like

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one of the people who forced us out of our house when you were in jail’ - Zindzi (stuck in an apartheid torn society unable to truly see what her father envisions)

Question 13

‘times have

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changed. And we need to change as well’ -Pienaar (growth, change, acceptance of times)

Question 14

‘If I cannot

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change when the circumstances demand it, how can I expect others to’ – Mandela (leadership, greatness)

Question 15

‘we have already

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exceeded all expectations on and off the field’ -Sports Minister to Madela (leadership)

Question 16

‘this country

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is hungry for greatness’ -Mandela

Question 17

‘30 years in

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a tiny cell, and you come out and forgive the people who put you there’ -Francois, sees a new perspective that he hasn’t been exposed to prior to Mandela’s talk

Question 18

‘listen to your

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country… this is it, this is our destiny’ -Francois

Question 19

‘thank you Mr

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president, for what you have done for our country’ -Francois (moment, change, accomplishment)

Question 20

‘You criticize without

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understanding. You seek only to address your own personal feelings. That is selfish thinking.’ -Mandela to Zindzi (demonstrates Mandela’s ability to view things in a different perspective with open eyes despite all the pain he’s felt through his determination, shows wisdom)

Question 21

‘According to the

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experts, we’ll reach the quarter-finals, and no further.’

‘According to the experts, you and I should still be in jail.’ -Sports Minister to Mandela

Question 22

‘This rugby, as

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a political calculation…’

‘It is a HUMAN calculation!’ -Brenda to Mandela (leadership, change, determination)

Question 23

‘I am the

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master of my fate / I am the captain of my soul.’ -Mandela reciting Invictus poem

Question 24

‘This country’s changed.

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We need to change as well.’ -Francois Pienaar (leadership, change)

Question 25

‘All the whites

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cheer for South Africa. All the blacks cheer for England.’ -Mandela (apartheid torn, change)

Question 26

‘I have a very

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large family, 42 million…’ -Mandela (leadership)