I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence. Also, I think that if you use the wrong means, the ends themselves get distorted. Aung San Suu Kyi More Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi More Quotes From Aung San Suu Kyi You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right. Aung San Suu Kyi women should courage 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. I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I'm willing and able to pay for the consequences. Aung San Suu Kyi sacrifice journey believe The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude; you must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to. Aung San Suu Kyi perseverance want-something attitude If you are feeling helpless, help someone. Aung San Suu Kyi ifs feelings helping It is not power that corrupts but fear. Aung San Suu Kyi corrupt-power wielding-power power-corrupts Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival. Aung San Suu Kyi international-womens-day ingredients survival Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, 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. Aung San Suu Kyi grace courage may 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 Aung San Suu Kyi you-choose sacrifice choices Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution. Aung San Suu Kyi contribution action add To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people. Aung San Suu Kyi kindness heart people We will surely get to our destination if we join hands. Aung San Suu Kyi collaboration peace hands The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear Aung San Suu Kyi motivational inspirational peace By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves. Aung San Suu Kyi helping-others helping Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world... Kindness can change the lives of people. Aung San Suu Kyi kindness people world The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them. Aung San Suu Kyi responsibility roots lying Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to the nation at large. Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent. Aung San Suu Kyi intellectual people ideas Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom. Aung San Suu Kyi natural-instinct would-be long There is no hope without endeavor. Aung San Suu Kyi no-hope endeavor Challenges mean opportunities as well. Aung San Suu Kyi challenges opportunity mean Saints, 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. Aung San Suu Kyi discipline responsibility men
