You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUCitizenship consists in the service of the country.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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.
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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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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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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
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Great causes and little men go ill together.
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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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When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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