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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

Jawaharlal Nehru

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Easy Escape Run
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 NEHRU

Act Courage Ideal Life Oneself
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Democracy End
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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Failure Forget Ideal Ourselves Principle
India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Choice Face Problem
Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Act Courage Ideal Life
It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Life Science Value
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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Ambition Beyond Eyes Greatness Man Suffering Tears
Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Advice Generosity Job Yourself
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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Life Light Live Ourselves See Truth World Wrong
Only a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Extraordinary Prison Value View Walk
I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Animal Name Religion Sacrifice Thinking
The Ganga to me is the symbol of India’s memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Future Myself Ocean Past Present River
I do not attach much importance to America’s bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Attachment Greatness Importance Myself Power
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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Beginning Myself Old Problem
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Attitude Enough Goodness

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