Indira Gandhi Quotes

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India.

Born: November 19, 1917, Allahabad
Assassinated: October 31, 1984, New Delhi
Spouse: Feroze Gandhi
Children: Rajiv Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi
 
 
 
 
 

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
-Indira Gandhi

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

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
-Indira Gandhi

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

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

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
-Indira Gandhi

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

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
-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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
-Indira Gandhi

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