16 Quotes & Sayings By Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was the first and only female Prime Minister of India. She is the only woman to have served in all three positions of head of government in a federal system: head of state, head of government, and head of the union. Despite being born into a wealthy family, Gandhi's political career was not a cakewalk. Born in 1916, she witnessed India's independence struggle from close quarters and was a key figure during the partition of India in 1947 Read more

She was assassinated in 1984 by her bodyguard.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.
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You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something. Indira Gandhi
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My grandfather once told me that there are 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 there. Indira Gandhi
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Whenever you take a step forward you are bound to disturb something. Indira Gandhi
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We have believed-and we do believe now-that freedom is indivisible that peace is indivisible that economic prosperity is indivisible. Indira Gandhi
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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people. Indira Gandhi
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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. Indira Gandhi
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty. Indira Gandhi
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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
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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. Indira Gandhi
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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. Indira Gandhi
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress. Indira Gandhi
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. Indira Gandhi
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There is not love where there is no will. Indira Gandhi
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The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development. Indira Gandhi