Quotes By Jawaharlal Nehru

Great causes and little men go ill together.

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

Every little thing counts in a crisis.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.