Quotes by Indira Gandhi

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

— Indira Gandhi

Courage

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

— Indira Gandhi

Success

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.

— Indira Gandhi

Success

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.

— Indira Gandhi

Wisdom

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

— Indira Gandhi

Wisdom

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.

— Indira Gandhi

Wisdom

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

— Indira Gandhi

Wisdom

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

— Indira Gandhi

Life

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

— Indira Gandhi

Courage

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

— Indira Gandhi

Wisdom

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

— Indira Gandhi

Wisdom

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

— Indira Gandhi

Education

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

— Indira Gandhi

Wisdom

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

— Indira Gandhi

Wisdom

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.

— Indira Gandhi

Courage

There is not love where there is no will.

— Indira Gandhi

Love

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

— Indira Gandhi

Wisdom