Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
INDIRA GANDHIEven 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.
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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Difficulties can’t be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them. The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It’s all right to fight, yes, but only when it’s possible.
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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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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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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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A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
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As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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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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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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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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