Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
PatriotismCultural IdentityNatural Beauty I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
BeautyValueFamilyHumility It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?
DignityRespectMoralityHumanityWomen 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.
HumilityAcknowledging ErrorsSelf-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.
NonviolenceFaithPeaceValueMorality Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Moral AuthorityEffortlessNon-attachment Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
ReligionReasonUniversal Assent Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
PerseveranceDeterminationResistanceTriumphInnovation First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
CooperationNon-CooperationDutyEthicsMaking A Difference If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
TruthErrorReasoningPerception An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
CompromisePrincipleIntegrityFundamentals 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.
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.
JusticeMoralityPrincipleCourage I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
CapitalEthicsResponsibilityNecessity Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
JusticeForgivenessSurrenderPunishmentConsequence Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.
FreedomSacrificePeaceBrotherhoodMorality Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
ContentmentHappinessSimplicityDesire 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.
TruthNon-ViolenceRespectEthicsConflict Resolution The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
UnityDivinityKnowledge Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
RighteousnessJusticeMoralitySpirituality The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
IntentionsJudgmentHeartDivine Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
WarSufferingIdeology 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?
PossessionCarnal DesireLoss of SelfControlInner Conflict He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
EvilSinceritySelf-awarenessTemptation I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.
StruggleDegradationDignityOppression Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
ChangeCommitmentZealPursuit A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
DutySelf-ControlMarriageCelibacy It is the duty of every thoughtful Indian not to marry. In case he is helpless in regard to marriage, he should abstain from sexual intercourse with his wife.
HopePerseveranceAdversityGuidance I am in the world feeling my way to light 'amid the encircling gloom.'
InclusionConflictGlobalizationDiversityIntolerance No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.
TruthNon-ViolenceExperimentsHumilityLegacy I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
MoralityPurityIntegrity Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
NonviolenceProgressMindsetGoalMorality We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
IntoleranceViolenceDemocracyGrowth Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
ViolenceGood and EvilTemporary vs. PermanentEthicsNonviolence I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
PeaceEducationChildren If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
RealizationSpiritualityTranscendenceTruthInner Transformation Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
Healthy DiscontentProgressAwarenessImprovementStriving Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.