Category Quotations

Gandhi says: “Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.”

Gandhi says: “Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear…

Gandhi says: “Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.”

Gandhi says: “Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.”

Gandhi says: “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

Gandhi says: “My effort should never be to undermine another’s faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith.”

Gandhi says: “Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know…

Gandhi says: “Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.”

Gandhi says: “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On…

Gandhi says: “Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself”