I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them.
Chiang Kai-shekIt was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter ruin. For a period of 17 years--from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old--my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.
Chiang Kai-shek