Deng Xiaoping Quote Quotes

If the masses feel some anger, we must let them express it. ~ Deng Xiaoping

Do not debate! is one of my inventions. ~ Deng Xiaoping

Cross the river by feeling for stones. ~ Deng Xiaoping

Let some people get rich first. ~ Deng Xiaoping

We must firmly grasp management. Just making things isn't enough. We need to raise the quality. ~ Deng Xiaoping

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big. ~ Deng Xiaoping

By following the concept of one country, two systems, you dont swallow me up nor I you. ~ Deng Xiaoping

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself. ~ Deng Xiaoping

Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step. ~ Deng Xiaoping

Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious. ~ Deng Xiaoping

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves. ~ Deng Xiaoping

Seek truth from facts. ~ Deng Xiaoping

The minority yields to the majority! ~ Deng Xiaoping

There is oil in the Middle East there is rare earth in China. ~ Deng Xiaoping

I knew Deng Xiaoping when he came out of prison. He had, after all, been imprisoned for nearly ten years by Mao. I know what China looked like before he took over, and so in my own mind, I don't think of Deng Xiaoping as an oppressor. I think of somebody who, faced with that crisis, made a very painful and decision with which I cannot agree. But I also think of him as a great reformer. ~ Henry A. Kissinger

China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one ... If one day China should change her color and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her as social-imperialist, expose it, oppose it and work together with the Chinese people to overthrow it. ~ Deng Xiaoping

We mustn't fear to adopt the advanced management methods applied in capitalist countries ( ... ) The very essence of socialism is the liberation and development of the productive systems ( ... ) Socialism and market economy are not incompatible ( ... ) We should be concerned about right-wing deviations, but most of all, we must be concerned about left-wing deviations. ~ Deng Xiaoping

[There is a] gulf that can exist between different emotional and perceptual worlds - all 'Chinese' - in recent times [post-Deng Xiaoping]. ~ Mark Elvin

Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures. ~ Li Peng

Who you are is always right. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Instead, Deng Xiaoping and his allies, who were no less self-interested than their rivals but who had different interests and political objectives, defeated their powerful opponents in the Communist Party and masterminded a political revolution of sorts, radically changing the leadership and direction of the party. ~ Anonymous

Mao asks Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping, "How do you get a cat to bite a hot pepper?" Zhou says, "You hold him down, pry his jaws open, and shove the pepper into his mouth." Mao says, "No, that's force. We want the cat to bite the pepper of his own free will." Deng says, "You take the pepper, wrap it in a delicious piece of fish, and, before he knows it, the cat has bitten the pepper." Mao says, "No, that's trickery. We want the cat to know he's biting the pepper." Zhou and Deng say, "We give up. How do you make a cat bite a hot pepper?" "It's easy," Mao says. "Stick the pepper up the cat's ass. He'll be glad to bite it. ~ P. J. O'Rourke

Only through lighting a living fire within ourselves can we dance quickly and spontaneously enough to meet the rhythm of life. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Family became so important to me. Without it I was like a tree alone in a desert. ~ Alephonsion Deng

They were just accidents. Luke said he was just testing my concussion. I'm not mad at him. ~ Luol Deng

As for what other people think of me, I could worry about that every day, but choose not to. ~ Wendi Deng Murdoch

As good as Miami is, we'd rather go to Miami. ~ Luol Deng

From what I could see, men or women, children or adults, young or aged, rich or poor, war was making everyone equal. ~ Alephonsion Deng

We must not fall into the trap of waiting so long for the big things that we let numerous small chances slip right by us. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

The fateful moment for the Chinese economy, crippled by central planning and collectivized production, was when Deng Xiaoping, China's long-term leader after Mao's death, announced that the country would pursue "Socialism with Chinese characteristics," which is to say a market economy under an authoritarian technocracy. This was in 1977, as good a year as any for marking the birth of modern China. Deng and his associates undertook a job akin to that of a political bomb squad, laboriously dismantling most of the economic ideology installed by Mao without blowing up political continuity at the same time. That they succeeded is in many ways the single most important political fact of contemporary China. ~ Clay Shirky

If there is one leader to whom most Chinese people express gratitude for improvements in their daily lives, it is Deng Xiaoping. Did any other leader in the twentieth century do more to improve the lives of so many? Did any other twentieth-century leader have such a large and lasting influence on world history? ~ Ezra F. Vogel

Unlocking our potential requires education, experience, and determination. One should never stop learning, never stop exploring, never stop going on adventures. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Expression is never helped by suppression. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Great wisdom is achieved by being open to the world. The world does not open unless you are willing to be open. ~ Alephonsion Deng

Every ordinary moment, every little detail should be a celebration of your personal understanding. Your smallest act should be permeated with reverence. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school. ~ Wendi Deng Murdoch

Death is not an ending. It is a transformation. Death is the threshold of this life. Beyond it is something else, some mystery. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Draw energy from the earth
Admit power from the heavens
Fertilize the seed within
Let it sprout into a flower of pure light ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Reject labels. Reject identities. Reject conformity. Reject convention. Reject definitions. Reject names. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Use a mirror in difficult times. You will see both cause and resolution. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

We cannot allow ourselves to be hobbled by the woes and alienation of our race or nation. It is our responsibility to overcome these, even if we can only succeed in our hearts. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write. ~ Wendi Deng Murdoch

Those who don't know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we can do is to bear out troubles until a better day. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Give back what you have learned. Share your experience. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

I'm loyal, and I like my friends. Friendship enriches your life and makes it more interesting. ~ Wendi Deng Murdoch

Those truly linked don't need correspondence. When they meet again after many years apart, Their friendship is as true as ever. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Once you have seen the face of God, you see the same face on everyone you meet. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

I didn't ever plan to be a producer, and I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. ~ Wendi Deng Murdoch

Why is it so hard to find liberation? Because our own minds are the source of our difficulties. Eliminate desire, accept personal shortcomings, and work toward a patient elimination of the mind's own hunger for outward satisfaction. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

I grew up in a little funny town called Xuzhou, in the countryside, very poor. We didn't have hot water. We were four children: three girls and a boy. ~ Wendi Deng Murdoch

Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Do you want to know how spirituality works? Breathe. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

We need faith, not because there are beings who will punish us or reward us, but because gods are a wonderful way of describing things that are happening to us. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

I really make sure that my girls understand the importance of education. I don't want them to be spoilt and only know private school kids. I want them to behave well by example. ~ Wendi Deng Murdoch

I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard. ~ Wendi Deng Murdoch

A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

We'd never handled guns so when we saw a person handle it and it went bang, we knew that thing killed. We called it the harmful stick. We learned quickly that if somebody points the stick at you, you die. ~ Alephonsion Deng

By being receptive, we can avail ourselves of the spiritual wealth available to us. By being open, we can receive things beyond what we ourselves might imagine. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Muddy water will become clear if allowed to stand undisturbed, and so too will the mind become clear if it is allowed to be still. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limb? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves for the sun? You did none of these things, yet man in his cleverness Cannot match your perfection. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

As much as I want to stay on the team
I love Chicago, I love the Bulls
at the same time, I know the business part of it. Sooner or later, all the rumors are going to come up. ~ Luol Deng

It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it alone. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

A funeral is for those left behind. Sometimes, one wonders if the weeping is more out of fear for ourselves than it is sympathy for the deceased. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

You were born to win. ~ Troy Clark

If you are what you eat, then you are shaped by what you share as you eat. ~ Deng Ming-Dao

Failure starts a future success, if you become better. ~ Troy Clark

He'd say, "If my mother was here, I wouldn't be like this." We'd say, "Shut up boy, you're not in your mama's house no more." We said that a lot. As children, seven or eight years old, we know nothing about the world, just that we were not in mama's house no more. ~ Alephonsion Deng

Pride is a great energizer for me. --Titus Ray, Chapter 1. ~ Luana Ehrlich

Every big dream begins with a little nap. ~ Yohann Dafeu

A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. ... Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Best team player? As good as Lebron James is, I have to go with Messi. What he's doing, he's on pace to becoming the best ever. ~ Luol Deng

If you want success, then be your own success story. ~ Steven Cuoco

I had never been in a supermarket before coming to America. At home, my parents wouldn't let me open the refrigerator, because they worried I'd damage the door by opening it too many times. ~ Wendi Deng Murdoch

The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on over there. They ask me sometimes, 'Are we Chinese or Australians?' My family are in L.A., New York and China, and they have the freedom to go back and forth, which is really, really nice. ~ Wendi Deng Murdoch

Build your life brick upon brick,
Live a life of truth,
And you will look back on a life of truth.
Live a life of fantasy,
And you will look back on delusion. ~ Ming-Dao Deng

Nothing in the world matters if you don't matter. ~ Steven Cuoco

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You are beyond the sky; so go there. ~ Steven Cuoco

If you want to conquer the stress,anger and illusion of life, live in the moment, enjoy your breathing, count your blessings. ~ Bhimsen Sapkota

Intuitive knowing can be described as an openness to flashes of insight ~ Laurie Nadel

When you had the dream, it looked big. So why quit when it's still small? ~ Emem Uko

Every day is precious as none of us knows when or where our journey will end. ~ Ken Poirot

Coming up with a useful, meaningful quote is getting more and more challenging each day....and you can quote me on that. ~ Bobby Darnell

i want to rip out my heart before you get to it first. ~ Christina Strigas

Satisfaction is ending each day knowing you were kind, honest and treated people well. ~ Karon Waddell

When you use your imagination, it is a bit like putting on night-vision goggles to see forms in the shadows of your head, heart, and spirit. ~ Deborah Sandella

The more a customer buys INTO you; the more a customer will buy FROM you. ~ Troy Clark

He is our man's-man of literature. ~ Andrew Barger

I think of you, therefore I exist. ~ Ljupka Cvetanova