What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUOur chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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What we need is a generation of peace.
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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The light has gone out of our lives.Yet I am wrong, for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it. For that light represented the living truth.
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Only a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
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By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
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Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.
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People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it
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Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
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A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them.
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Those who boast are seldom the great.
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