Best quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: “high-souled”, “venerable”) – applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa – is now used worldwide. In India, he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for father, papa) and Gandhi ji, and known as the Father of the Nation. Gandhi’s birthday, 2 October, is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence.

Some of the best quotes from Mahatma Gandhi are listed below.

1. “A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.” – Mahatma Gandhi
2. “A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.” – Mahatma Gandhi
3. “A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.” – Mahatma Gandhi
4. “A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else.” – Mahatma Gandhi
5. “A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.” – Mahatma Gandhi
6. “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” – Mahatma Gandhi
7. “Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi
8. “All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
9. “Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.” – Mahatma Gandhi
10. “Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.” – Mahatma Gandhi
11. “An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.” – Mahatma Gandhi
12. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” – Mahatma Gandhi
13. “An ounce of practice is worth a thousand words.” – Mahatma Gandhi
14. “Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.” – Mahatma Gandhi
15. “As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.” – Mahatma Gandhi
16. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
17. “Civilization is the encouragement of differences.” – Mahatma Gandhi
18. “Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.” – Mahatma Gandhi
19. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not even one man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
20. “Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.” – Mahatma Gandhi
21. “Faith becomes lame, when it ventures into matters pertaining to reason!” – Mahatma Gandhi
22. “Faith is put to the test when the situation is most difficult.” – Mahatma Gandhi
23. “Fear has its use but cowardice has none.” – Mahatma Gandhi
24. “First they ignore you, then laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi
25. “Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?” – Mahatma Gandhi
26. “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” – Mahatma Gandhi
27. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi
28. “Have faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the whole ocean doesn’t become dirty.” – Mahatma Gandhi
29. “Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.” – Mahatma Gandhi
30. “I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.” – Mahatma Gandhi
31. “I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
32. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” – Mahatma Gandhi
33. “I wish to change their minds, not kill them for weaknesses we all poses.” – Mahatma Gandhi
34. “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.” – Mahatma Gandhi
35. “If you want real peace in the world, start with children.” – Mahatma Gandhi
36. “In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.” – Mahatma Gandhi
37. “Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.” – Mahatma Gandhi
38. “It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.” – Mahatma Gandhi
39. “It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business” – Mahatma Gandhi
40. “It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends but to befriend one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion.” – Mahatma Gandhi
41. “It is unwise to be too sure of ones own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” – Mahatma Gandhi
42. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
43. “Love is the strongest force the world possesses, yet it is the humblest imaginable.” – Mahatma Gandhi
44. “My life is my message.” – Mahatma Gandhi
45. “No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.” – Mahatma Gandhi
46. “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” – Mahatma Gandhi
47. “Non-violence is a weapon of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi
48. “Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.” – Mahatma Gandhi
49. “Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.” – Mahatma Gandhi
50. “One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.” – Mahatma Gandhi
51. “One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.” – Mahatma Gandhi
52. “Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.” – Mahatma Gandhi
53. “Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind.” – Mahatma Gandhi
54. “Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.” – Mahatma Gandhi
55. “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.” – Mahatma Gandhi
56. “Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.” – Mahatma Gandhi
57. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
58. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
59. “The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problem.” – Mahatma Gandhi
60. “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi
61. “The good man is the friend of all living things.” – Mahatma Gandhi
62. “The hardest heart and the grossest ignorance must disappear before the rising sun of suffering without anger and without malice.” – Mahatma Gandhi
63. “The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.” – Mahatma Gandhi
64. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi
65. “To answer brutality with brutality is to admit one’s moral and intellectual bankruptcy and it can only start a viscous cycle.” – Mahatma Gandhi
66. “To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.” – Mahatma Gandhi
67. “To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” – Mahatma Gandhi
68. “To lose patience is to lose the battle.” – Mahatma Gandhi
69. “To retaliate against the relatives of the co-religionists of the wrong-doer is a cowardly act.” – Mahatma Gandhi
70. “Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.” – Mahatma Gandhi
71. “We have to handover the earth, the air, the land and the water to the children at least as it was handed over to us.” – Mahatma Gandhi
72. “What is truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the “Voice within” tells you.” – Mahatma Gandhi
73. “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.” – Mahatma Gandhi
74. “When you want to find Truth as God, the only inevitable means is love, that is non-violence.” – Mahatma Gandhi
75. “Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.” – Mahatma Gandhi
76. “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” – Mahatma Gandhi
77. “You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.” – Mahatma Gandhi
78. “Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.” – Mahatma Gandhi