Jawaharlal Nehru's Quotes

Great causes and little men go ill together.

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

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.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.

Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

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.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

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.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.