Indira Gandhi Quotes

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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

A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.

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.

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

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.

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.

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

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.

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.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.