It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
In plain words
You grow from the good days and the rotten ones alike.
Where these words come from
- 87% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Foreign Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner, Johannesburg (21 Nov 1997); dated speech cited via the Nelson Mandela Foundation's authorised quotations archive.
- 1997
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