Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
As you solve one set of problems, new ones appear. That is part of the nature of life. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“I did not know I was to spend the rest of my life getting Singapore not just to work but to prosper… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I don't think I made a conscious decision as a career choice. From my school days I had decided, persuaded by my… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, what I cherish most are the human relationships. With the unfailing support of my wife and… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I am not given to making sense out of life - or coming up with some grand narrative on it - other… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
You begin your journey not knowing where it will take you. You have plans, you have dreams, but every now and again… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I have no regrets.I have spent my life,so much of it, building up this country. There's nothing more that I need to… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
The Bell curve is a fact of life. The blacks on average score 85 per cent on IQ and it is accurate,… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
You’re talking about Rwanda or Bangladesh, or Cambodia, or the Philippines. They’ve got democracy, according to Freedom House. But have you got… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“When you're Singapore's leader and your existence depends on performance - extraordinary performance, better than your competitors - when that performance disappears… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Life is better than death. But death comes eventually to everyone. It is something which many in their prime may prefer not… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Usually I read biographies of interesting people. I am not attracted to novels - make-believe, or recreations of what people think life… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you'll never put… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
The Bell curve is a fact of life. The blacks on average score 85 per cent on IQ and it is accurate, nothing to… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Supposing Catherine Lim was writing about me and not the prime minister...She would not dare, right? Because my posture, my response has been such… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the university. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
That was the year the British decided to get out and sell everything. So I immediately held an election. I knew the people will… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
India is scared of the competition... because Chinese goods will go into India and compete. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Three women were brought to the Singapore General Hospital, each in the same condition and needing a blood transfusion. The first, a Southeast Asian… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
What I fear is complacency. When things always become better, people tend to want more for less work. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
