Indira Gandhi Quotes

Indian - Statesman November 19, 1917 - October 31, 1984

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

Indira Gandhi

Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.

Indira Gandhi

I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

Indira Gandhi

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Indira Gandhi

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

Indira Gandhi

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

Indira Gandhi

I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.

Indira Gandhi

We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives.

Indira Gandhi