The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
INDIRA GANDHIAs 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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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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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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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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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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It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.
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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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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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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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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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in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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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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