Top 100 Gandhi Ji Quotes
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
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“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
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“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
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“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
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“The future depends on what you do today.”
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“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
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“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
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“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.”
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“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
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“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”
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“The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”
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“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean.”
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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in service to others.”
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“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
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“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
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“Service without humility is selfishness and egotism.”
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“The real ornament of a woman is her character, her purity.”
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“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.”
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“The good man is the friend of all living things.”
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“Where there is love there is life.”
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“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”
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“Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it.”
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“To call woman the weaker sex is a libel.”
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“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
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“Truth never damages a cause that is just.”
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“Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.”
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“A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.”
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“The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but it is really fear.”
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“There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.”
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“My life is my message.”
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“The best way to measure life is not by its duration, but by its donation.”
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“Truth is by nature self-evident.”
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“Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
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“Without action, you aren’t going anywhere.”
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“There is force in the universe, which if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.”
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“Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.”
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“Self-respect knows no considerations.”
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“The weak can never forgive.”
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“The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
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“You don’t know who is important to you until you actually lose them.”
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“Non-violence is the weapon of the strong.”
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“To lose patience is to lose the battle.”
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“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing there will be no result.”
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“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
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“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to defeat, for it is momentary.”
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“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.”
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“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life.”
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“Love is the strongest force the world possesses.”
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“The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.”
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“Champions are made from something they have deep inside them.”
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“Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.”
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“It’s not too late at all. You just don’t yet know what you are capable of.”
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“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”
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“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”
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“Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.”
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“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”
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“Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world, but to change ourselves.”
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“The roots of violence are wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character.”
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“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment.”
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“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”
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“There are two days in the year that we can not do anything – yesterday and tomorrow.”
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“The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person?”
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“The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.”
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“The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up.”
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“The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.”
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“Self-sacrifice of one innocent man is a million times more powerful than the sacrifice of all men.”
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“Faith is the function of the heart.”
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“The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children.”
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“Non-violence is the first article of my faith.”
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“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
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“A man of truth must also be a man of care.”
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“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
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“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.”
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“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.”
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“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.”
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“All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals.”
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“It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.”
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“The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust.”
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“That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.”
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“Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.”
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“Gentleness, self-sacrifice, and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.”
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“Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.”
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“The moment you own land, you are a slave.”
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“To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face, one must be able to love the meanest of creation as oneself.”
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“There is no such thing as ‘too late’ in life.”
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“A true teacher is one who keeps the bridge open between past and future.”
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“A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us can’t practice perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise.”
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“Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.”
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“The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.”
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“A man who would interpret the scriptures must believe in the seeker after truth’s humility.”
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“It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.”
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“Nonviolence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.”
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“Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.”
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“Faith becomes lame when it ventures into matters pertaining to reason.”
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“Truth is one, paths are many.”
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“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.”
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“The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.”
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“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.”
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