When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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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.
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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.
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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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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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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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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage – courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow.
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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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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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