Jawaharlal Nehru was a famous Leader from India, who lived between November 14, 1889 and May 27, 1964. He/she became 74 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac scorpio, who is known for Transient, Self-Willed, Purposeful, Unyielding.
Our collection contains 34 quotes who is written / told by Jawaharlal.
"A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action"
"Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles"
"Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes"
"Every little thing counts in a crisis"
"Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse"
"Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself"
"Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit"
"Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think"
"Citizenship consists in the service of the country"
"Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends"
"Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction"
"A theory must be tempered with reality"
"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"
"What we really are matters more than what other people think of us"
"The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject"
"The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous"
"Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves"
"The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly"
"The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction"
"The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order"
"The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer"
"The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds"
"Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems"
"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"
"Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them"
"Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage"
"Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit"
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will"
"Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us"
"It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive"
"It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say"
"Ignorance is always afraid of change"
"I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere"
