People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.
Aung San Suu KyiRead
We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
Interpretation
Collaboration and unity are essential for achieving our goals.
This quote by Aung San Suu Kyi emphasizes the importance of working together in unity to reach our shared objectives. By joining hands, we demonstrate that collective effort and cooperation can lead us to our desired destination, symbolizing the power of teamwork and solidarity in overcoming challenges.
In practice
During a team meeting, you might quote this to inspire your colleagues to work together on a project.
People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.
The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.
This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now.
My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.
Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.
I'm not a supermodel. That's not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what's happening on the outside.
Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.
I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.
It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating!
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
It is extremely important for you to believe in yourselves not only for what you are now but for what you have the power to become. Trust in the Lord as He leads you along. He has things for you to do that you won't know about now but that will unfold later. If you stay close to Him, You will have some great adventures. You will live in a time where instead of sometimes being fulfilled, many of them will actually be fulfilled. The Lord will unfold your future bit by bit.
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