My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
INDIRA GANDHIWe always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil that existed in India. The evil of the feudal system, the evil of the system based on caste, the evil of economic injustice.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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I don’t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
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We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil that existed in India. The evil of the feudal system, the evil of the system based on caste, the evil of economic injustice.
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Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.
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Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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Now I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.
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I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.
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As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it – otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.
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