Soong May-ling Quotes & Sayings

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 May-ling

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 May-ling

The only thing Oriental about me is my face, — Soong May-ling

We write our own destiny;
we become what we do. — Soong May-ling

No one who has had a unique experience with prayer has a right to withhold it from others. — Soong May-ling

I am convinced that we must train not only the head, but the heart and hand as well. — Soong May-ling

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 May-ling

I used to pray that God would do this or that; now I pray that God will make His will known to me. — Soong May-ling