Top 50 Indira Gandhi Quotes

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.

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.

All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading… freedom struggles and so on.

I’ve never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.

Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.

The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.

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

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

I don’t think my father was my mentor.

The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

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

I am not a person to be pressured – by anybody or any nation.

I was happy to be with my parents. I didn’t see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail.

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.

On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty – on the other, they warn us against their own methods.

I’m certainly not a workaholic.

The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.

Wearing khadi was a badge of honour. It was something one was proud to do.

On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty – on the other, they warn us against their own methods.

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

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.

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.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

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.

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.

If I see something dirty or untidy, I have to clean it up.

I think basically I’m lazy, but I have a housewife’s mentality when I go about my job.

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.

The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.

There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.

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.

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

We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives.

I’ve never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.

There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.

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

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading… freedom struggles and so on.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.

There is not love where there is no will.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

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.

I don’t think my father was my mentor.

Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.

I am frequently attacked.