Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

37 Quotes

Quotes by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

1

Strength doesn't come from physical capacities. It comes from an indomitable will.

2

It's easy to stand in the crowd, but it takes real courage to stand alone.

3

It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.

4

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

5

Strength doesn't come from physical capacities. It comes from an indomitable will.

6

It's easy to stand in the crowd, but it takes real courage to stand alone.

7

Faith is the function of the heart.

8

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

9

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

10

Freedom isn't worth having if it doesn't include the freedom to make mistakes.

11

Action expresses priorities.

12

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.

13

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world, as in being able to remake ourselves.

14

A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks, he becomes.

15

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

16

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

17

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate, but it is fear.

18

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

19

The future depends on what we do in the present.

20

An eye for an eye will only serve to make the whole world blind.

21

When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it, always.

22

There's enough for everyone's need, but not for everyone's greed.

23

Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors. Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.

24

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 of punishment.

25

Carefully watch your THOUGHTS, for they become your WORDS. Manage and watch your WORDS, for they will become your ACTIONS. Consider and judge your ACTIONS, for they have become your HABITS. Acknowledge and watch your HABITS, for they shall become your VALUES. Understand and embrace your VALUES, for they become YOUR DESTINY.

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At times of writing I never think what I have said before. My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a given question, but to be consistent with truth as it may present itself to me at a given moment. The result has been that I have grown from truth to truth.

27

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
28

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

29

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

30

The only tyrant I accept in the world is the still voice within.

31

Aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

32

As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything. Keep it.

33

No cost is too heavy for the preservation of one’s honor.

34

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

35

In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.

36

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

37

Be the change you want to see in the world.