Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUYou don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
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Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
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Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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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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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.
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A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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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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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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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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