Indira Gandhi

Prime Minister, Politician Indian 1917 – 1984

First female Prime Minister of India and wielded significant influence.

363 quotes

"To love one's country is to work for its betterment every single day."
"Patience is not weakness; it is the strength to wait for the right moment."
Patience
"Truth has no need of ornament; it speaks for itself."
Truth
"The greatest crime is to remain silent in the face of injustice."
Justice
"Education without character is like a ship without a rudder."
Education
"We must learn to live with ambiguity and contradiction."
Philosophy
"The human spirit is capable of extraordinary resilience."
Perseverance
"To serve others is to serve God."
Faith
"Every crisis is an opportunity disguised as a threat."
Motivation
"The mind is our greatest battlefield and our greatest fortress."
Wisdom
"A woman who is truly free fears nothing and bows to no one."
Freedom
"We inherit not just lands but responsibilities."
Family
"The beauty of democracy is that it allows the voiceless to speak."
Politics
"To forget the past is to be doomed to repeat it endlessly."
History
"Strength comes from within, not from without."
Strength
"The world changes through the actions of ordinary people doing extraordinary things."
Inspiration
"Compassion is the language that all beings understand."
Kindness
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is the proper use of knowledge."
Knowledge
"We are all equal before the law and before history's judgment."
Justice
"To build a nation, we must first build ourselves."
Leadership
"The future is not predetermined; it is what we make of it."
Dreams
"In solitude, we find truth; in community, we find strength."
Solitude
"A nation's culture is its soul."
Philosophy
"The struggle for freedom never truly ends."
Freedom
"We must nurture both the mind and the spirit."
Education
"Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere."
Justice
"The work of nation-building requires sacrifice and dedication."
Work
"To love is to be vulnerable; yet vulnerability is our greatest strength."
Love
"Time heals wounds that words cannot touch."
Time
"We are shaped by our choices more than by our circumstances."
Wisdom