My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII 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.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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Courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ – grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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The courage that dares without recognition, without the protection of media attention, is a courage that humbles and inspires and reaffirms our faith in humanity.
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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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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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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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It is not a sacrifice, it’s a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn’t say it’s a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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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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All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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