That great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUWe live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them.
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Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
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Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
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Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.
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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.
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The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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The light has gone out of our lives.Yet I am wrong, for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it. For that light represented the living truth.
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Those who boast are seldom the great.
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Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
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The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
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It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
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India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.
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Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.
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Play the hand you’re dealt.
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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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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.
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Great causes and little men go ill together.
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