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 GANDHII 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 GANDHIwhat is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
INDIRA GANDHII cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
INDIRA GANDHIOne must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
INDIRA GANDHII think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
INDIRA GANDHIWomen sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
INDIRA GANDHIThe future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
INDIRA GANDHIThe immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
INDIRA GANDHIYou 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.
INDIRA GANDHIThe old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
INDIRA GANDHIMankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
INDIRA GANDHII’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
INDIRA GANDHIWhen it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
INDIRA GANDHIPeople with clenched fists can not shake hands.
INDIRA GANDHIOpportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
INDIRA GANDHIMuslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
INDIRA GANDHI