Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes


Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves. Jawaharlal Nehru Time 391
Every little thing counts in a crisis. Jawaharlal Nehru Trouble 376
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. Jawaharlal Nehru Will 317
Ignorance is always afraid of change. Jawaharlal Nehru change 282
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes. Jawaharlal Nehru Facts 189
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. Jawaharlal Nehru Life 122
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself. Jawaharlal Nehru Democracy 119
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous. Jawaharlal Nehru Virtue 118
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds. Jawaharlal Nehru Art 106
A theory must be tempered with reality. Jawaharlal Nehru Reality 106
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us. Jawaharlal Nehru Matters 98
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. Jawaharlal Nehru attitude 97
Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes. Jawaharlal Nehru Dream 95
Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated. Jawaharlal Nehru Defeat 93
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Jawaharlal Nehru Society 93
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive. Jawaharlal Nehru Acting 86
Great causes and little men go ill together. Jawaharlal Nehru Reason 76
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends. Jawaharlal Nehru Actions 73
The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction. Jawaharlal Nehru Alternative 72
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. Jawaharlal Nehru Strength 72
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly. Jawaharlal Nehru Danger 69
A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them Jawaharlal Nehru Language 65
You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall. Jawaharlal Nehru Change 64
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. Jawaharlal Nehru Culture 62
Ignorance is always afraid of change. Jawaharlal Nehru Change 62
The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds. Jawaharlal Nehru Art 59
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say. Jawaharlal Nehru Advice 58
What we need is a generation of peace. Jawaharlal Nehru Peace 54
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them. Jawaharlal Nehru Work 53
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all. Jawaharlal Nehru Risk 52
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order. Jawaharlal Nehru Peace 49
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. Jawaharlal Nehru Democracy 46
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit. Jawaharlal Nehru Work 46
A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance. Jawaharlal Nehru Age 45
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. Jawaharlal Nehru Peace 45
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. Jawaharlal Nehru Cards 43
At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. Jawaharlal Nehru Uncategorized 40
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear. Jawaharlal Nehru Fear 39
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction. Jawaharlal Nehru Actions 38
I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the discipline, the sensations, but chiefly the opportunity to think clearly, to try to understand things. Jawaharlal Nehru Love 35
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action. Jawaharlal Nehru Action 32
I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere. Jawaharlal Nehru Home 30
There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. Jawaharlal Nehru 1889 1964 Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes 30

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