Indira Gandhi Quotes

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• My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

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  Funny, Success, Leadership

  "Taking Charge : Every Woman's Action Guide to Personal, Political and Professional Success". Book by Joan Steinau Lester )p. 76), 1996.

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• Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

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  Perseverance, Opportunity

  Indira Gandhi (1971). “Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: The years of challenge, January 1966-August 1969”

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• To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

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  Men, Personality, Rivalry

  "Selected speeches and writings of Indira Gandhi, September 1972-March 1977". Book by Indira Gandhi, 1984.

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• Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

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  Maturity, New Experiences, Vision

  Indira Gandhi, Dorothy Norman (1985). “Indira Gandhi, letters to an American friend 1950-1984”, Harcourt

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• I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people ... I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

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  Blood, People, India

  Speech, Bhubaneshwar, India, 30 Oct. 1984.

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• People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

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  Rights, People, Political Games

  Indira Gandhi, Fatma Zakaria (1984). “Last Words”

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• The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

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  Believe, Purpose, Life Is

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• Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage - courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow. You have to have moral courage to stick up to that - no matter what comes in your way, no matter what the obstacle and the opposition is.

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  Practice, Mind, Intellectual

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• Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

  Indira Gandhi

  Sometimes

  Interview With Oriana Fallaci, sangam.org. December 24, 2014.

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• To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.

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  Have Faith, Oneself, Capable

  Source: sangam.org

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• Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.

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  Two, Silence, Never Forget

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• Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.

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  Inspirational, Summer, Have Faith

  Indira Gandhi (1985). “Selected Thoughts of Indira Gandhi: A Book of Quotes”, p.67, Mittal Publications

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• Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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  Forgiveness, History, Bravery

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• People with clenched fists can not shake hands.

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  Women, Inspirational Life, Hands

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• Life is a continuous process of adjustment.

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  Life, Life Is, Process

  Indira Gandhi (1985). “Selected Thoughts of Indira Gandhi: A Book of Quotes”, p.185, Mittal Publications

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• Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.

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  Appreciate, Justice, Diversity

  Indira Gandhi (1984). “Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: September 1972-March 1977”

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• A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

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  Strength, Freedom, Debt

  Indira Gandhi (1984). “Indira Gandhiʾs Legacy to the Indian Nation: Economic Development and the Public Sector”

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• Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.

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  Easy, Message In A Bottle, Worthwhile

  Indira Gandhi (1975). “Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: The years of endeavour, August 1969-August 1972”

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• what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.

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  Wise, Needs, Popularity

  Indira Gandhi (1971). “Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: The years of challenge, January 1966-August 1969”

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• I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

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  Blood, Mind, Dies

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• That's always been my philosophy. - I've never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.

  Indira Gandhi

  Philosophy, Action, Consequence

  Source: sangam.org

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• Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.

  Indira Gandhi

  Quality, Popularity

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• Let's not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.

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  India, Forget, Goddess

  Interview With Oriana Fallaci, sangam.org. December 24, 2014.

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• The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

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  Leadership, Inspirational Life, Progress

  Indira Gandhi (1975). “Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: The years of endeavour, August 1969-August 1972”

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• The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.

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  Birth Control, Affluence, Birth

  Indira Gandhi, Som Benegal (1976). “Freedom is the starting point: a collection of memorable words”

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