My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
INDIRA GANDHIRebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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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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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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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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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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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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I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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