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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUBlood 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.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
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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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You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
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By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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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 future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors’ version is given prominence and holds the field.
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It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.
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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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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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