Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIChallenges mean opportunities as well.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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I don’t like to be called a symbol. And I don’t like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I’d rather be known as a hard worker. I don’t think symbols do much, nor icons.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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