Quotes by Nehru, Jawaharlal

"It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on advice
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"Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on defeat   

"Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on facts   

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal on failure   

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal on fear   

"The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on argument   

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal on peace
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"What we need is a generation of peace."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on peace   

"A theory must be tempered with reality."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on reality   

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal on risk   

"Great causes and little men go ill together."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on causes   

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal on time
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"The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on virtue
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"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on power   

"Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on action   

"Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on action   

"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."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on adventure
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"Every little thing counts in a crisis."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on crisis   

"Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on crisis   

"Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on culture   

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

Nehru, Jawaharlal on anger