How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it? — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed. The courage… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
After I was released, people used to keep asking me, 'what's it like to be free? And it was very difficult for… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I do not believe that I'm sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The people have given me their support; they have given me their trust and confidence. My colleagues have suffered a lot in… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The best way to help Burma is to empower the people of Burma, to help us have enough self-confidence to obtain what we want… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“In one of her letters she writes: Some have questioned the appropriateness of talking about such matters as metta (loving-kindness) and thissa (truth) in… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
