175 Famous Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian political and spiritual leader who is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. He led India to independence from British colonial rule through nonviolent civil disobedience, and his teachings on nonviolence and peaceful resistance continue to inspire social justice movements around the world. Gandhi's commitment to truth, justice, and equality for all people serves as a reminder of the power of nonviolent action to effect positive change in society. (Mahatma Gandhi Biography).
Mahatma Gandhi Famous Quotes
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. (Meaning)
A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. (Meaning)
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. (Meaning)
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. (Meaning)
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. (Meaning)
A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes. (Meaning)
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. (Meaning)
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. (Meaning)
Where there is love there is life. (Meaning)
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. (Meaning)
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. (Meaning)
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. (Meaning)
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. (Meaning)
The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different. (Meaning)
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 then the one derived from fear of punishment. (Meaning)
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. (Meaning)
In a gentle way, you can shake the world. (Meaning)
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. (Meaning)
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. (Meaning)
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. (Meaning)
Action expresses priorities. (Meaning)
There is more to life than increasing its speed. (Meaning)
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. (Meaning)
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. (Meaning)
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening. (Meaning)
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. (Meaning)
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. (Meaning)
Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men. (Meaning)
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature. (Meaning)
Nobody can hurt me without my permission. (Meaning)
It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. (Meaning)
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity. (Meaning)
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. (Meaning)
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind. (Meaning)
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. (Meaning)
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. (Meaning)
We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle. (Meaning)
There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed. (Meaning)
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. (Meaning)
The good man is the friend of all living things. (Meaning)
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it. (Meaning)
Truth never damages a cause that is just. (Meaning)
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. (Meaning)
My life is my message. (Meaning)
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest. (Meaning)
It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful? (Meaning)
There are two days in the year that we can not do anything, yesterday and tomorrow (Meaning)
All good thoughts and ideas mean nothing without action (Meaning)
Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to change ourselves. (Meaning)
The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members (Meaning)
it's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone (Meaning)
If you want to change the world, start with yourself. (Meaning)
The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer. (Meaning)
I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. (Meaning)
The future depends on what we do in the present. (Meaning)
Let your life be your message. (Meaning)
Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind. (Meaning)
Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny. (Meaning)
People cannot hurt you without your permission. (Meaning)
Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind. (Meaning)
Speed is irrelevant if you are going in the wrong direction. (Meaning)
There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent. (Meaning)
Life is but an endless series of experiments. (Meaning)
Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers. (Meaning)
To lose patience is to lose the battle. (Meaning)
Be truthful, gentle, and fearless. (Meaning)
The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear. (Meaning)
In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all. (Meaning)
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. (Meaning)
Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it. (Meaning)
You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results. (Meaning)
Your future depends on what you do today. (Meaning)
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. (Meaning)
Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization. (Meaning)
If you do nothing there will be no results (Meaning)
If all Christians acted like Christ, the whole world would be Christian. (Meaning)
Speak only if it improves upon the silence (Meaning)
Be the change you are trying to create. (Meaning)
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. (Meaning)
You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them. (Meaning)
The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane. (Meaning)
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt. (Meaning)
There is no path to peace; peace is the path. (Meaning)
Selfless action is a source of strength. (Meaning)
Make injustice visible. (Meaning)
True beauty consists of purity of heart. (Meaning)
In the midst of darkness, light persists. (Meaning)
Love never claims, it ever gives. (Meaning)
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. (Meaning)
Poverty is the worst form of violence. (Meaning)
Live simply so that others may simply live. (Meaning)
See the good in people and help them. (Meaning)
You can't shake hands with a closed fist. (Meaning)
Both heaven and hell are within us. (Meaning)
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality. (Meaning)
There are no good-byes, where ever you'll be, you'll be in my heart. (Meaning)
The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society. (Meaning)
The best politics is right action. (Meaning)
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. (Meaning)
If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly. (Meaning)
Peace is its own reward. (Meaning)
Change yourself - you are in control. (Meaning)
Be the change you want to see. (Meaning)
Unity, to be real, must stand the severest strain without breaking. (Meaning)
Without action, you aren't going anywhere. (Meaning)
The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork. (Meaning)
If you want real peace in the world, start with children. (Meaning)
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. (Meaning)
True beauty lies in purity of the heart. (Meaning)
We must become the change we want to see. (Meaning)
To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. (Meaning)
Cowards can never be moral. (Meaning)
Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment. (Meaning)
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others. (Meaning)
There is always enough for the needy, there is never enough for the greedy. (Meaning)
Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. (Meaning)
Civilization is the encouragement of differences. (Meaning)
What barrier is there that love cannot break? (Meaning)
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. (Meaning)
Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew. (Meaning)
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place. (Meaning)
Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego. (Meaning)
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. (Meaning)
Hate the sin, love the sinner. (Meaning)
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people."
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
"A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes."
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
"Where there is love there is life."
"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."
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
"The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different."
"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 then the one derived from fear of punishment."
"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."
"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
"Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth."
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory."
"Action expresses priorities."
"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."
"There is more to life than increasing its speed."
"There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts."
"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer."
"Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening."
"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."
"Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding."
"Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men."
"Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature."
"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."
"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."
"The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity."
"Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him."
"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."
"You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind."
"It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity."
"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."
"We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle."
"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed."
"When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator."
"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
"The good man is the friend of all living things."
"Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it."
"Truth never damages a cause that is just."
"An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it."
"My life is my message."
"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest."
"It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?"
― Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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