Popular Indian People Quotes
India is a land of Lord Rama and Krishna where great legends such as Swami Vivekananda, Bhagat Singh, Indira Gandhi and many other took birth; whose work and sayings are still accepted. Here are some of the inspiring quotes by such well known Indian personalities.
- “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” - Gautama Buddha.
- “Political tyranny is nothing compared to social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies government.” - B. R. Ambedkar
- “The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.” - Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
- “Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.” - Jawaharlal Nehru
- “We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.” - Swami Vivekananda
- “Prophet Mohammed would have no objection to The Satanic Verses.” - Salman Rushdie
- “Arise, Awake and Stop not until the goal is reached.” - Swami Vivekananda.
- “I am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker.” - Manmohan Singh
- “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi.
- “No one would starve in independent India. Its grain would not be exported. Cloth would not be imported by it. Its leaders would not use a foreign language and finding justice in it would be neither costly nor difficult.” - Sardar Patel
- “Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.” - Jawaharlal Nehru
- “I am an Indian. In fact, I feel like a foreigner when I go abroad.” - Sonia Gandhi
- “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” - Indira Gandhi
- “A politician should not be written off till he or she is cremated.” - George Fernandes
- “There is an important distinction between barriers to entry and barriers to imitation.” - C.K.Prahalad
- “I was assured of a place in the team without trials, but I had a feeling it was not fair…when many of my friends were fighting badly for a place and had to prove their mettle in the inter-provincial tournament.” - Dhyan Chand
- “To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.” - Abdul Kalam
- “No apology is necessary for being truthful to the echoes of one’s mother tongue.” - Mulk Raj Anand
- “Do not say, ‘It is morning,’ and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.” - Rabindranath Tagore
- “The biggest problem in the world today is not poverty or disease but the lack of love and charity and the feeling of being unwanted.” - Mother Teresa
- “No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.” - Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
- “Indian men are still used to the traditional role given to women; they want intelligent girls for company but not to marry…(they) have yet to taste and relish the company of mature women.” - Amrita Pritam
- “After all, our Killers are our …Brothers!!??” - Bal Gangadhara Tilak
- “No girl has offered to go to bed with me in return for a part (in a film). I wish it would happen.” - Manmohan Desai
- “Education is the manifestation of perfection already in a man.” - Swami Vivekananda
- “Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody’s permission to carry out the test in 1974?” - Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- “The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world and the mullahs of the Christian world are all on the same side. And we are against them all.” - Arundhati Roy
- “If any enterprise is run along the line the Government of India is run, it would go into liquidation.” - Nani Palkhivala
- “One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.” - Indira Gandhi
- “The Congress has made this country. The rest (the opposition parties) are all tenants.” - Bhajan Lal
- “Even if we lose the wealth of thousands, and our life is sacrificed, we…should keep smiling and be cheerful keeping our faith in God and Truth.” - Sardar Patel
- “If a pilot can become the prime minister, why can’t a film star?” - Shatrughan Sinha
- “The world is not impermanent if one lives there after knowing God.” - Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
- “A man who does not have thousands of enemies, I don’t consider him a man. A man whose name does not make some people squirm at night, his life has no meaning. His coming into this world is purposeless.” - O.P. Chautala
- “No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussions.” Subhash chandra bose
- “I don’t understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not… possess the competence to evaluate a film correctly.” - Satyajit Ray
- “The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below” - Bhagat Singh
- “I believe the country needs a dictatorship.” - Bal Thackeray
- “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” - Arundathi Roy
- “We will build neither mandirs nor masjids. Our priority will be to build latrines.” - Kanshi Ram
- “Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible.” - Subhash Chandra Bose
- “As long as there are women, there are bound to be sex rackets.” - E.K. Nayanar
- “I would be a disaster as a prime minister.”- V. P. Singh
- “Why talk of the team when our Cricket Board is like an exclusive club with members being there for years on end? If they can stay on without performing, the players too feel they can stay in the team without too big a performance.” - Sunil Gavaskar
- “Winners don’t do different things; they do things differently” - Shiv Khera
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