Indira's Quotes

Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity. — Indira Gandhi

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision. — Indira Gandhi

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality. — Indira Gandhi

Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance. — Indira Gandhi

Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy. — Indira Gandhi

The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate. — Indira Gandhi

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

Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave. — Indira Gandhi

I love variety. I love theater. I also love radio. I love language. But, the older you get, you need to earn money. You need to heighten your profile. — Indira Varma

We would rather starve than sell our national honor. — Indira Gandhi

Youth is beautiful. — Indira Varma

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. — Indira Gandhi

My theory is that men are no more liberated than women. — Indira Gandhi

In an underdeveloped society, the first anxiety is of infant mortality. In an advanced one it is to keep alive the aged. — Indira Gandhi

I depend on good editors and a good director. — Indira Varma

An actor matures with experiences, and the more the emotions he/she has been through, the greater the intensity of performances. — Indira Varma

Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power. — Indira Gandhi

I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children? — Indira Varma

Nothing can convince me that people are at one with their work unless they're joyous about it. — Indira Gandhi

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

Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two. — Indira Gandhi

The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so. — Indira Gandhi

A nation's strength ultimately consist in what it can do on its own and not in what it can borrow from other. — Indira Gandhi

The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution. — Indira Gandhi

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

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation. — Indira Gandhi

In today's world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence. — Indira Gandhi

There is not love where there is no will. — Indira Gandhi

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive. — Indira Gandhi

Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody's permission to carry out the test in 1974? — Atal Bihari Vajpayee

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights. — Indira Gandhi

The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life. — Indira Gandhi

Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change. — Indira Gandhi

The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence. — Indira Gandhi

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning. — Indira Gandhi

Home is wherever I go. — Indira Gandhi

It has been my experience that people who are at cross-purposes with nature are cynical about mankind and ill at ease with themselves. — Indira Gandhi

Life is a continuous process of adjustment. — Indira Gandhi

I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud. — Indira Gandhi

I love theater. I also love radio. I love language. — Indira Varma

The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development. — Indira Gandhi

To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable. — Indira Gandhi

Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources. — Indira Gandhi

My father was a saint, I'm not. — Indira Gandhi

There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past. — Indira Gandhi

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

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

How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist? — Indira Gandhi

I like how small you can be on TV. — Indira Varma

We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible — Indira Gandhi

People with clenched fists can not shake hands. — Indira Gandhi

Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river. — Indira Gandhi

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality. — Indira Gandhi

Fruits doesn't fall far from the tree but there seeds can go places
and wherever they go
by their virtues
they leave their traces — Indira Mukhopadhyay

My family was something precious, like jewelry, like a necklace you never take off. — Indira Ganesan

The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines. — Indira Gandhi

It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them. — Indira Gandhi

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

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance ... and courage. — Indira Gandhi

The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate. — Indira Gandhi

Peace comes to those who let others live in peace. — Indira Mukherjee

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

Dacca is now the free capital of a free country. — Indira Gandhi

What is popular need not necessarily be right or wise. — Indira Gandhi

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. — Indira Gandhi

Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something. — Indira Gandhi

Ability is not always gauged by examination. — Indira Gandhi

I've love the challenge of doing something new. Bollywood is magical. — Indira Varma