Jawaharlal Nehru on greatness
Jawaharlal Nehru101 quotes“Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.”
Filed under
More from Jawaharlal Nehru
What we need is a generation of peace.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru A man who is afraid will do anything.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru For the first time i began to think, consciously and deliberately of religion and other worlds. The Hindu religion especially went up in my estimation; not the ritual or ceremonial part, but it’s great books, the “Upnishads,” and the “Bhagavad Gita.”
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru Great causes and little men go ill together.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country’s spirit.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru We can’t encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru
Original quotes
From our community writers
Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
Lang LeavLang Leav
Meet the writers
More on greatness
Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk In symbols one observes an advantage in discovery which is greatest when they express the exact nature of a thing briefly and, as it were, picture it; then indeed the labor of thought is wonderfully diminished.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz I have seen many great places in my life, But I choose the one that has you in it.
A. DimitriA. Dimitri I’ve read the Bible. I think the Bible’s a great book, but it’s a novel. It’s beautifully written and la-di-da, but people really took it the wrong way.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder No relationships should be taken for granted. They are what life is all about, the whole point. How we cultivate our relationships is often the greatest determinant of the type of life we get to live.
Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk She discovered with great delight that one does not love one’s children just because they are one’s children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him
Hudson TaylorHudson Taylor A great thing shall I make hereof in Heaven of endless worship and everlasting joys.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich
