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.
INDIRA GANDHIThat’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
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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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For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.
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How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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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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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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You soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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