Words matter. These are the best Kiran Bedi Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I do not need any rest. I enjoy my work, and at work, I rest. I rest with my good work.
Corrupt bureaucrats and cops ought to dismissed or compulsorily retired from service, as they are a drain on the service. Their performance must be vigorously assessed.
My policing was nothing but activism – it had to be.
My first day in the police was July 16, 1972. I was the only woman in the IPS. I remember getting a lot of questions. Are you sure you want to do this? Have you thought about your family? Why did you choose to be here? There was a lot of amazement and doubt.
Policing is an integral part of governance. It is a whole, but it is also a part of the larger whole. Just like a human organ like the head, it’s got intelligence, stamina, strategy and surveillance. But it cannot function independently in the absence of other life-sustaining organs.
Crimes happen, but some are preventable.
Crime prevention has to become a first priority.
Don’t avoid doing something wondering what its consequences may be. Give it a thought, break it down, and consider what really may happen rather than not do it at all.
When I was growing up, government was the agent of change: it was a developing country. What was important was to make a difference.
I am a Gemini. We have split personalities. While at work, I am fully in it. I can be attached yet very detached. I have no feelings of remorse.
My day begins early in the morning when I go for a morning walk and ends when I feel that I am tired.
You cannot just exercise your rights and get away without performing your responsibilities. Understand that it should not be about ‘me’ but rather ‘us.’
I had a clear vision: if I take up an assignment, I’ll do full justice to it; otherwise I’ll walk away.
Without a beat officer system, there can be no crime prevention or supportive investigation. This is the very foundation of sound policing. It is the beat officer who connects with the common man on a daily basis and is the five senses of his area.
Every challenge has its own unique problems.
Certain crimes cannot be prevented unless there is a daily collective work done diligently.
When governance improves, there will be less have-nots and more haves.
If I could, I would never walk. I would just jog or, even better, run.
Many years ago, when I was born in the ’50s – ’50s and ’60s didn’t belong to girls in India. They belonged to boys. They belonged to boys who would join business and inherit business from parents, and girls would be dolled up to get married.
I do not believe in living in either the future or the past.
