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MAHATMA GANDHI QUOTES ON LEADERSHIP

“Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.”

“I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.”

“Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.”

“I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.”

“For me, every ruler is an alien that defies public opinion.”

“The culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.”

“Perfect nonviolence is difficult. It admits to no weakness.”

“It is a weakness that breeds fear, and fear breeds distrust.”

“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”

“Men aspiring to be free can hardly think of enslaving others.”

“No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.”

“Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it.”

“It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.”

“I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.”

“Definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.”

“A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.”

“The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arise from weakness of mind.”

“The greater our innocence, the greater our strength and the swifter our victory.”

“God’s word is: ‘He who strives never perishes’. I have implicit faith in that promise.”

“Those who cannot renounce attachment to the results of their work are far from the path.”

“The best way of losing a cause is to abuse your opponent and to trade upon his weakness.”

“Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.”

“It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.”

“Some form of common worship and a commonplace of worship appear to be a human necessity.”

“If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.”

“Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.”

“If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.”

‘Man has always desired power. Ownership of property gives this power. Man hankers also after posthumous fame based on power.”

‘If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.”

‘Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self-realization. The ideal must not be lowered because of our weaknesses or imperfections.”

“GANDHI QUOTES BE THE CHANGE”

“Be the change that you want to see in the world.”

“Change yourself – you are in control.”

“The Swaraj of my dream recognizes no race or religious distinctions.”

“Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.”

“A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline.”

“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.”

“The richest grace of ahimsa will descend easily upon the owner of hard discipline.”

“As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him.”

“The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within.”

“Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.”

“Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.”

“Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.”

“Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words.”

“Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.”

“The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence. The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life. Indulgence spells death.”

“For winning Swaraj one requires iron discipline.” (Swaraj can mean self-governance or “self-rule” but the word usually refers to Gandhi’s concept for Indian independence from foreign domination)

QUOTES ON VIOLENCE AND NON-VIOLENCE

“It’s my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence.”

“Nonviolence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.”

“Nonviolence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.”

“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.”

“Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.”

“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.”

“Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”

“Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.”

“Nonviolence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.”

“Nonviolence is not to be used ever as the shield of the coward. It is the weapon of the brave.”

“Unless discipline is rooted in nonviolence, it might prove to be a source of infinite mischief.”

“Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.”

“If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.”

“Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.”

“Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.”

“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent.”

“My life is dedicated to the service of India through the religion of nonviolence which I believed to be the root of Hinduism.”

“Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.”

“Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.”

“I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.”

QUOTES ABOUT PEACE BY MAHATMA GANDHI

“If you want real peace in the world, start with children.”

“Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.”

“Living faith in God means acceptance of the brotherhood of mankind.”

“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.”

“Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.”

“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.”

“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”

“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.”

“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”

“The cry for peace will be a cry in the wilderness, so long as the spirit of nonviolence does not dominate millions of men and women.”

MAHATMA GANDHI QUOTES ON EDUCATION

“Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers.”

“There is no need for a teacher for those who know how to think.”

“Craft, art, health, and education should all be integrated into one scheme.”

“Education must be of a new type for the sake of the creation of a new world.”

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”

“The purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.”

“Responsibility will mellow and sober the youth and prepare them, for the burden they must discharge.”

“A wise parent allows the children to make mistakes. It is good for them once in a while to burn their fingers.”

“Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.”

“Knowledge without character is a power for evil only, as seen in the instances of so many talented thieves and ‘gentlemen rascals’ in the world.”