“Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.”

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.

As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.

Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.

To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.

what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.

There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.

The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it’s by no means dreadful.

I have certain objectives. They’re the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.

The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.

in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.

Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women’s movements of the time; she stirred up a lot of revolts. She was a great woman, a great figure. Women today would like her immensely.

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.

Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage – courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow.

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower. With faith there is no anxiety and no doubt – just absolute confidence in yourself.

Little faith can open big doors.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!

Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery.

There are three things important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order.

Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.