Nelson Mandela was born into one of the 'ruling' and most powerful families of South Africa and despite being a member of such a family, he spent 27 years of his life in jail. That's approximately 9855 days in prison. When he bailed out, he was asked to take revenge from the government and people for wasting 27 years of his life into a jail? He smiled and decided not to go for revenge. Imagine, a member of a ruling family spending 27 years of his precious life into a jail for his people and did nothing after coming out to his offenders!