Top 15 Most Famous Quotes By Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, statesman, secular humanist, social democrat, and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. In international affairs, he steered India clear of the two blocs of the Cold War. A well-regarded author, his books written in prison, such as Letters from a Father to His Daughter (1929), An Autobiography (1936) and The Discovery of India (1946), have been read around the world. The honorific Pandit has been commonly applied before his name.
Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
1. “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.”
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2. “To be successful in life what you need is education.”
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3. “You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.”
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4. “Most things, except agriculture, can wait.”
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5. “Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.”
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6. “Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.”
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7. “Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.”
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8. “The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.”
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9. “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. 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.”
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10. “Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.”
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11. “Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.”
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12. “Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.”
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13. “Ignorance is always afraid of change.”
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14. “Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.”
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15. “The Bhagavad Gita deals essentially with the spiritual foundation of human existence. It is a call of action to meet the obligations and duties of life; yet keeping in view the spiritual nature and grander purpose of the universe.”
— Jawaharlal Nehru
