Gandhi Jayanti: In a gentle way, you can shale the world, said Mahatma Gandhi and also showed how
Mahatma Gandhi, the prime architect in India's freedom movement,
would have been 152 years old today. The non-violent movement led by him finally won India Independence from the British rule in 1947. Popularly called Bapu, he has left us with a vast treasure of teachings. Many of his words shine true to this day. As the nation celebrates his 152nd birth anniversary, we take a look at some of his motivational quotes.
- The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.
- An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
- A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.
- Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
- Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
- The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
- If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
- Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
- You may never know what results come from your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.
- In a gentle way, you can shake the world
- To lose patience is to lose the battle.
- Non-violence is a weapon of the strong.
- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
- The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
- You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
- Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
- There is no ‘way to peace,' there is only ‘peace'.
- You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.