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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.

Indira Gandhi

I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
INDIRA GANDHI

Job Myself Talk
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Father Ideas Mindset
I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
INDIRA GANDHI

Danger Risk Thinking
One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
INDIRA GANDHI

Money Motivational Oneself
In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.
INDIRA GANDHI

Change Defeat Mindset Victory World
To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.
INDIRA GANDHI

Capacity Enemy Liberty Men Personality
As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
INDIRA GANDHI

Believe Nation
We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
INDIRA GANDHI

Ourselves Patriot Starve
I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
INDIRA GANDHI

Blood Death Life People Strength
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Death Fight Mother Time
Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
INDIRA GANDHI

Life Myself One Liner Process
I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
INDIRA GANDHI

Job Mom Perfection
Difficulties can’t be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them. The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It’s all right to fight, yes, but only when it’s possible.
INDIRA GANDHI

Acceptance Country Difficult Fight Life Right
That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
INDIRA GANDHI

Action Necessary Philosophy
To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
INDIRA GANDHI

Capability Faith Oneself
The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.
INDIRA GANDHI

Developing Helping Nations

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