Quotes by Indian Leaders and Personalities
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.”
Jawaharlal Nehru
“No one is wise by birth, for wisdom results from one own’s efforts.”
T. Krishnamacharya
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
Anita Desai
“I think it’s great to be flawed. I am hugely flawed, and I like it that way. That’s the fun of life. You fall, get up, make mistakes, learn from them, be human and be you.”
Priyanka Chopra
“If you are wealthy, be humble. Plants bend when they bear fruit.”
Sai Baba
“Remember, no one is stopping you from lighting a lamp in a dark night.”
Harivansh Rai Bacchan
“Freedom is not given, it is taken.”
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Action is only meaningful if it’s consistent.”
Lilly Singh
“Be so busy improving your self that you have no time to criticize others.”
Chetan Bhagat
“Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.”
Rabindranath Tagore
“We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech, and earnestness in action.”
Sarojini Naidu
“What we possess is temporary, but what we become is permanent.”
Devdutt Pattanaik
“Don’t see others doing better than you, beat your own records every day because success is a fight between you and yourself.”
Chandrasekhar Azad
“Even an emperor is no match for a man with no wants.”
Maharishi Raman
“Real wisdom is recognizing and accepting that every experience is impermanent. With this insight you will not be overwhelmed by ups and downs.”
S.N. Goenka
“No apology is necessary for being truthful to the echoes of one’s mother tongue.”
Mulk Raj Anand
“An ounce of practice is worth a thousand words.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”
Swami Vivekananda
“Wherever you are is the entry point.”
Kabir
“Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults.”
Indian proverb
“From now on start asking yourself WHY you feel a certain way, WHAT made you perform a certain action, and HOW you could do things differently. The information you discover is powerful because it helps you to discover patterns and in turn use your mind productively and efficiently. After all, your mind is your most powerful tool, but it’s not useful if you don’t know how to use it. It’s like trying to fix a printer with a stapler: it doesn’t work. Trust me, I’ve tried.”
Lilly Singh
“The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step out of the frame.”
Salman Rushdie
“Life is all about a card game. Choosing the right cards is not in our hand. But playing well with the cards in hand determines our success.”
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
“Ignorance is always afraid of change.”
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
“At the end of the day, don’t forget that you are a person, don’t forget that you are a mother, a wife, and a daughter.”
Indra Nooyi
“Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.”
Jawaharlal Nehru
“No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussions.”
Subhash Chandra Bose
“Either way, change will come. It could be bloody or could be beautiful. It depends on us.”
Arundhati Roy
“If you do not build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.”
Nita Ambani
“Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself and I think that is the beauty of being a women.”
Kangana Ranaut
“Do your best to achieve your goal. Do what makes you distinct than others. Snatch your rights by excelling in your pursuits. Do maximum for distinction in your field.”
Saina Nehwal
“I don’t take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.”
Kareena Kapoor Khan
“Think of discomfort as currency- it’s the price you pay to learn some pretty crucial things.”
Lilly Singh
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”
Gautama Buddha
“Priorities need to change at different stages of life if we want to grow and evolve.”
Apurva Purohit
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”
Arundhati Roy
Even though everyone is at different stages in their journey, there are incredible connections that tie us all back together. As we enter into this new era of life, remember those distinctive things that make you… you. Be bold in your pursuit of the things that make you happy, because we need your gifts in this world. It will take every single one of us to create positive change. Check in with yourself, friends, family, community, and world to see just where your dream can fit in.
Never underestimate what your imagination can create.
I will see you soon with something new!