The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
AUNG SAN SUU KYISaints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don’t have a job you have to rely on someone.
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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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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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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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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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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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