To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
INDIRA GANDHIWithout 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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.
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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.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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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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To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
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Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women’s movements of the time; she stirred up a lot of revolts. She was a great woman, a great figure. Women today would like her immensely.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
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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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