"The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person in Singapore and elsewhere: Keep yourself interested, have a challenge."

-- Lee Kuan Yew

#Advice Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I didn't like Los Angeles very much but I like San Francisco.”
“Strangely, although they may seem worlds apart, boxing and tennis have a certain kinship. Two individuals head-to-head, probing for weakness and attacking it. Footwork, timing and stamina are essential. Just you and your opponent until one of you is beaten. There's no brain damage in tennis - although sometimes I wonder.”
“When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.”

Source : Kelley Armstrong (2014). “Darkness Rising Trilogy, 3-book bundle: The Gathering, The Calling, The Rising”, p.263, Penguin
“So, you've got a problem? That's good! Why? Because repeated victories over your problems are the rungs on your ladder of success. With each victory, you grow in wisdom, stature and experience. You become a better, bigger, more successful person each time you meet a problem and tackle and conquer it with a positive mental attitude.”
“If it's wild to your own heart, protect it. Preserve it. Love it. And fight for it, and dedicate yourself to it, whether it's a mountain range, your wife, your husband, or even (god forbid) your job. It doesn't matter if it's wild to anyone else: if it's what makes your heart sing, if it's what makes your days soar like a hawk in the summertime, then focus on it. Because for sure, it's wild, and if it's wild, it'll mean you're still free. No matter where you are.”
“Muslims have a very bad attitude to homosexuality, they're very intolerant.”

Source : "At Home with 'Professor Pim'". Interview with Kirsty Lang, news.bbc.co.uk. May 04, 2002.
“In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money... and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams.”
“One doesn't love any of the things of Summer as much as one does the things of Spring.”

Source : Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1924). “The Little French Girl”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company

You may also like:

Deng Xiaoping
Politician
Goh Chok Tong
Former Prime Minister of Singapore
Kishore Mahbubani
Academic
Lee Hsien Loong
Prime Minister of Singapore
Li Ka-shing
Investor
Mahathir Mohamad
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
S. R. Nathan
Former President of Singapore
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
Najib Razak
Prime Minister of Malaysia