A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
INDIRA GANDHIWhen it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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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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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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When it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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It’s not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn’t be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.
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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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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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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.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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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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