Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUSuccess often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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There is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life.
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Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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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.
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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.”
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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
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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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Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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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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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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The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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We can’t encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.
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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.
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