Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes

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.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Peace, War, Mind

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

Failure, Forget, Principles

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.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Beauty, Live, End

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

Time, Feels, Passing

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

Life, Game, Play

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

Crisis, Leader, Action

Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Change, Ignorance, Afraid

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

Try, Easy, Escape

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

End, Democracy, Means

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Facts, Disappear, Likes

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

Society, Rich, Poor

Jawaharlal Nehru Quote

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

A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Age, History, Long

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Country, Service, Consists

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Force, Advantage, Crises

Every little thing counts in a crisis.
Jawaharlal Nehru

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

Acting, Nation, Habit

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Long, Action, Convinced

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

Action, Ends, Clearly

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

Mind, Spirit, Culture

Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Truth, Humble, May

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

Talking, Chief, Defect

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Dreams, Peace, Ashes

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

Change, History, Wall

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Good, Democracy, Worse

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Leader

Born: November 14, 1889

Died: May 27, 1964

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