Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Bennett Cerf
Walter Scott
Stephen Jay Gould
C. S. Lewis
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Richard M. Nixon
All authors
Today's birthdays
1917 - Anthony Burgess
1976 - Rashida Jones
1993 - Conor Coady
1965 - Sylvie Guillem
1982 - Kimberly Caldwell
1935 - Tony Campolo
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Businessman
Celebrity
Designer
Actress
Architect
Activist
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Favorite authors
Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian
Leader
Born:
Nov 14
,
1889
Died:
May 27
,
1964
Action
Good
Least
Life
More
Think
Related authors:
Bodhidharma
Dayananda Saraswati
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Mahatma Gandhi
Paramahansa Yogananda
Prem Rawat
Ramakrishna
Sai Baba
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
Jawaharlal Nehru
People
Matters
Think
Other
More
Than
Us
Really
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
Jawaharlal Nehru
War
Relationship
Soul
Peace
People
Mind
Lasting
Lasting Peace
State
Brought
About
Only
Absence
Merely
Come
Also
Condition
Nations
Serenity
Peaceful
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Failure
Our
Objectives
Only
Ideals
Principles
Forget
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.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Eyes
Wonderful
World
Beauty
Live
Our
Seek
Charm
Only
Open
Adventure
Adventures
End
Them
Full
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Life
You
Game
Will
Free
Free Will
Way
Determinism
Like
Dealt
Hand
Play
Cards
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Will
Facts
Disappear
Likes
Account
Your
The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Only
Alternative
Coexistence
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Democracy
Socialism
End
Itself
Means
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Time
Feels
Does
Passing
Years
Achieves
Measured
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.
Jawaharlal Nehru
History
Soul
Age
Old
Long
Suppressed
Nation
Out
Finds
Rarely
Step
New
Ends
Which
Moment
Utterance
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rich
Society
Tend
Make
Forces
Left
Poor
Poorer
Capitalist
Richer
Capitalist Society
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Own
Virtue
Virtuous
Most
Talks
Least
His
Person
Often
Who
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Too
Risk
Policy
Greatest
Cautious
Being
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Work
Great
Fruit
Cause
Immediately
Though
Recognized
Bears
Ultimately
Efficient
May
Loyal
Even
Great causes and little men go ill together.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Great
Together
Men
Causes
Go
Little
Little Men
Ill
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Truth
Humble
Think
Entirely
Perhaps
May
Little
Us
Let Us
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Try
Consequences
Too
Later
Say
Easy
Only
Make
Escape
Suggestions
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Good
Democracy
Other
Worse
Say
Systems
Because
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Think
Crises
Advantage
Force
Occur
Least
Us
Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Life
Socialism
Problems
Approach
Way
Only
Economic
Economic Problems
Scientific
Social
Certain
I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Home
Become
Everywhere
East
Out
Queer
West
Mixture
Place
Nowhere
To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Good
Training
Moral
Physical
Least
Condition
Much
Requires
Every little thing counts in a crisis.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Every
Crisis
Counts
Little
Little Thing
Thing
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Best
Type
Highest
Advantage
Obviously
Material
Existing
Efficiency
Which
Utilize
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Man
Peace
Everything
Favor
He
Gotten
Order
Wants
Who
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Me
Long
Action
Gives
Am
Itself
Convinced
Satisfaction
Right
Load more quotes
No more Jawaharlal Nehru quotes
Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to Jawaharlal Nehru.
Bodhidharma
Dayananda Saraswati
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Mahatma Gandhi