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

There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

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.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.

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

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

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

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

There is not love where there is no will.

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading... freedom struggles and so on.

Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don't think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others.

I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.

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

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.

I think basically I'm lazy, but I have a housewife's mentality when I go about my job.

The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.

The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.

There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.

We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large numbers of people. Are not poverty and need the greatest polluters?

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.

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

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

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.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money and those who want to do everything with money.

Have a bias towards action lets see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group there was much less competition.

Anger is never without an argument but seldom with a good one.

Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.

Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.

Popularity is not a guarantee of quality.

Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.

The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution.

If you pay your credit card off every month, get a rewards card. One that gives you airline miles or that will give you 1 percent cash back at least on every purchase.

I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.

Seven-11 is the pulse-beat of America. I think that Bruce Springsteen should do a song about a 7-11 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, but write it in such a way that American's youth can identify and slurp along with the Boss. Hail the Boss! Hail 7-11!

Chicago is the Great American City and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York no one expects you to be a professional writer.

As educators, we are only as effective as what we know. If we have no working knowledge of what students studied in previous years, how can we build on their learning? If we have no insight into the curriculum in later grades, how can we prepare learners for future classes?

Sustainability is living on nature's income rather than living on its capital.

A DJ can't just play one song. It's about playing a set, or how you connect songs in those two hours, and where you place them.