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 GANDHII was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.
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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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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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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.
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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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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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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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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
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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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Let’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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