Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi universally known as Mahatma Gandhi is often admired for his wisdom. He is renowned for leading the Indian nation to independence with his thoughts and by the means of nonviolence. It’s over 60 years since India got its independence but the Mahatma Gandhi is believed to be the inspirational body through his ideology and thoughts. We would like to share some of the best and incredible quotes by Mahatma Gandhi.

01. “My life is my message.”

02. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

03. “God has no religion.”

04. “The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”

05. “Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.”

06. “A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.”

07. “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”

08. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

09. “Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.”

10. “Be the change that you want to see in the world.”

11. “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.”

12. “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”

13. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.”

14. “We need not wait to see what others do.”

15. “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”

16. “Poverty is the worst form of violence.”

17. “A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”

18. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

19. “To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.”

20. “An ounce of patience is worth more than a tonne of preaching.”

21. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

22. “They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.”

23. “Change yourself – you are in control.”

24. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

25. “See the good in people and help them.”

26. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

27. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”

28. “Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”

29. “Without action, you aren’t going anywhere.”

30. “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.”

31. “Love is the strongest force the world possesses.”

32. “Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.”

33. “Take care of this moment.”

34. “Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.”

35. “Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.”

36. “Where there is love there is life.”

37. “Continue to grow and evolve.”

38. “When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.”

39. “Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it.”

40. “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.”

41. “An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.”

42. “Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”

43. “It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.”

44. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

45. “In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

46. “A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.”

47. “Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.”

48. “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

49. “Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.”

50. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”