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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.

Indira Gandhi

When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
INDIRA GANDHI

Selfish Young
I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
INDIRA GANDHI

Job Myself Talk
To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
INDIRA GANDHI

Desire Function Politics
There is not love where there is no will.
INDIRA GANDHI

Love Willing
Just when you think you’ve achieved something, you realize you’ve achieved nothing. And still you have to go forward just the same – toward a dream so distant that your road has neither beginning nor end.
INDIRA GANDHI

Achievement Beginning Dream End Thinking Yourself
Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
INDIRA GANDHI

Empowerment Listening True Woman
Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
INDIRA GANDHI

Brave One Liner Virtue
We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
INDIRA GANDHI

Ourselves Patriot Starve
Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
INDIRA GANDHI

Courage Opportunity Perseverance
As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
INDIRA GANDHI

Believe Nation
That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
INDIRA GANDHI

Action Necessary Philosophy
Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.
INDIRA GANDHI

Growth Peace People Poor Prosperity Rich
You 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 GANDHI

Death Life Philosophy Yourself
When it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
INDIRA GANDHI

Complaint Impossible People Resistance Selfish
The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
INDIRA GANDHI

Enemy Ultimate
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
INDIRA GANDHI

Freedom Inspirational Learning Women

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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