You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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.
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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.
The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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.
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don't think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others.
Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.
My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.
Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.
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.
I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. 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.
There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.
There is not love where there is no will.
