Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
ContentmentDesireHappinessSimplicity Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
EffortlessMoral AuthorityNon-attachment Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
DeterminationInnovationPerseveranceResistanceTriumph First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Cultural IdentityNatural BeautyPatriotism I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
ConsequenceForgivenessJusticePunishmentSurrender Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.
ErrorPerceptionReasoningTruth An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
BeautyFamilyHumilityValue It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?
DivinityKnowledgeUnity Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
CooperationDutyEthicsMaking A DifferenceNon-Cooperation If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
FaithMoralityNonviolencePeaceValue Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Carnal DesireControlInner ConflictLoss of SelfPossession He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
OrderUniversal LawWisdom There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.
IdeologySufferingWar What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
CapitalEthicsNecessityResponsibility Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
CompromiseFundamentalsIntegrityPrinciple All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.
CourageJusticeMoralityPrinciple I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
Acknowledging ErrorsHumilitySelf-Correction I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
DignityHumanityMoralityRespectWomen I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.
ReasonReligionUniversal Assent Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
DivineHeartIntentionsJudgment Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
BrotherhoodFreedomMoralityPeaceSacrifice Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
Conflict ResolutionEthicsNon-violenceRespectTruth The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.