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.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self.
As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.
And now let me address all of you, high and low, rich and poor, one with another, to accept of mercy and grace while it is offered to you; Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation; and will you not accept it, now it is offered unto you?
You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.
The best way to get people to connect with an issue is to humanize it. You can do so much more powerfully with music and touch the heart.
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