SOONG MEI-LING

The possession of wealth does not confer upon the wealthy the right to take advantage of the less fortunate.

The only thing Oriental about me, is my face.

No one who has had a unique experience with prayer has a right to withhold it from others.

We are determined that there shall be no more exploitation of China. I have no wish to harp on old grievances, but realism demands that I should mention the ruthless and shameless exploitation of our country by the West in the past…. Such asinine stupidities must never be repeated, as much for your sake as for ours.

I am convinced that we must train not only the head, but the heart and hand as well.

I used to pray that God would do this or that; now I pray that God will make His will known to me.

We do not recognize the Communist regime on the mainland. We consider them bandits.

Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and a drawback to the progress of the country. Its instincts and actions are those of the pack.

There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.

We in China are convinced that it is the better half of wisdom not to accept failure ignominiously, but to risk it gloriously.

The only thing Oriental about me, is my face.

We in China are convinced that it is the better half of wisdom not to accept failure ignominiously, but to risk it gloriously.

We do not recognize the Communist regime on the mainland. We consider them bandits.

We are determined that there shall be no more exploitation of China. I have no wish to harp on old grievances, but realism demands that I should mention the ruthless and shameless exploitation of our country by the West in the past…. Such asinine stupidities must never be repeated, as much for your sake as for ours.

The possession of wealth does not confer upon the wealthy the right to take advantage of the less fortunate.

Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and a drawback to the progress of the country. Its instincts and actions are those of the pack.

Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the most outstanding. Its ability to annihilate distance has been in direct proportion to its achievements in assisting to annihilate suspicion and misunderstanding among provincial officials far removed from one another or from the officials at the seat of government.

No one who has had a unique experience with prayer has a right to withhold it from others.

I am convinced that we must train not only the head, but the heart and hand as well.

There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.

I used to pray that God would do this or that; now I pray that God will make His will known to me.