Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one’s self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
—Soong Mei-ling
Topics: Meditation
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.
—Soong Mei-ling
Topics: Politicians, Politics
I used to pray that God would do this or that; now I pray that God will make His will known to me.
—Soong Mei-ling
Topics: Prayer
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.
—Soong Mei-ling
Topics: Flying, Government, Accomplishment
No one who has had a unique experience with prayer has a right to withhold it from others.
—Soong Mei-ling
Topics: Prayer
We write our own destiny; we become what we do.
—Soong Mei-ling
Topics: Destiny
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past.
—Soong Mei-ling
Topics: Reflection, The Present, Past, Present
We become what we do.
—Soong Mei-ling
Topics: Doing Your Best
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.
—Soong Mei-ling
Topics: Peace
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