Lin Dan Quotes

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.

Being a role model was part of my life and I could either ignore it or take responsibility. I chose to take it.

I feel like we have a duty as fighters to try and be a better example.

I've been blessed with a platform and a voice, and I owe it to myself and my family and our people to use it responsibly.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

You have to step up when your number is called.

Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

There is a responsibility that goes with winning the Nobel Prize, and the responsibility is that if you have a forum, you should use it wisely.

There is only one way to respond to the issue of leadership and that is to lead.

I’m not a seat warmer. I want to get in there and make a difference.

The people who think it a shame when anything goes wrong—who rush to the conclusion that evil could or ought to have been prevented, are those who, in the long run, do most to make the world better.

Leadership is not what you said on the Senate floor. It’s not what you’ve said. It’s what you’ve done.

It's my job, with the position of power that I'm in and being able to be on television, I'm supposed to stand up for the people who can't stand up for themselves.

You never, ever give up the chance to change things, ever, no matter how hard it is. If you're elected, and have got the opportunity to make a difference, you take it.

There comes a time in everybody's life when it's no longer enough to point and say he or she should do it, but you have to answer yourself... That's why I put myself at the party's service.

I learned that you have a responsibility to do things when you can.

If I'm not doing anything to make a change, then I'm responsible.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

Leadership is not about a title, degree or level. Anybody can lead at any time.

The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.

Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more

I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act.

Leadership is a choice. It's the choice not to do nothing.