“Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people ou...” — Peng Liyuan Quote

Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people out of poverty and build a more inclusive and sustainable society.

As a singer, I have won the highest honours in China. Actually I am like the panda: we are both national treasures.

There is a saying, 'Eyes are the windows to the soul.' It means, mostly, people can see through someone else by eye contact in seven seconds. I have a habit that if I meet someone I don't know, I'd like to look at her or his eyes on purpose. When my eyes lay on them, I can immediately see their true color.

I feel strongly about HIV/AIDS and children because I'm a famous singer, a public figure, and I'm a female and a mother. I have the responsibility and the passion to help out and do whatever I can.

Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.

By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one.

The Margaret Thatchers of this country made it through - like I did - because of the grammar school system, which gave the opportunity of a lifetime to working-class kids. It put them on a level playing field with the privately educated kids, and opened up the top universities to them.

Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated.