To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
INDIRA GANDHIAs 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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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.
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I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
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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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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it’s by no means dreadful.
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