Indira Gandhi Quotes
"My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Father, Woman)
"A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Strength, Nation)
"All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Being, Games)
"Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Anger, Argument)
"Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Growth, Blood, Nation, Service, Will)
"Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Forgiveness, Virtue)
"Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Action, First, Now, Right)
"The power to question is the basis of all human progress."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Power, Progress, Question)
"Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Beginning, End)
"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose."
- Indira Gandhi
"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."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Work, Competition, Credit, First)
"People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: People, Forget, Rights)
"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Work, People, Competition, Credit, First)
"There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Cows)
"There is not love where there is no will."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Love, Will)
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
- Indira Gandhi
"If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying."
- Indira Gandhi
(Related: Death, Thought, Fear, Action, Dying, Violence, Will)