“When you govern a country, and especially a country so vast and complex as India, you never arrive at anything.” Quote by Indira Gandhi
“Just when you think you've achieved something, you realize you've achieved nothing. And still you have to go forward just the same - toward a dream so distant that your road has neither beginning nor end.” ThinkingStillsEndsDreamRealizing Author:Indira Gandhi
“At no point, at a very important point: that of having convinced the Indians that they can do things.” ImportantCan DoConvincedNo Point Author:Indira Gandhi
“At first people asked us, 'Can you do it?' And we kept silent because we didn't believe in ourselves, we didn't believe that we could do things. Today people no longer say to us, 'Can you?' They say, 'When can you?' Because the Indians finally believe in themselves, they believe they can do things.” PeopleFirstsBelieveTodayCan DoSilent Author:Indira Gandhi
“The word 'when' is so important for a people, for an individual! If an individual thinks he won't do it, he'll never do it. Even if he's highly intelligent, even if he has countless talents.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantIndividualTalentIntelligentHighly Intelligent Author:Indira Gandhi
“As a nation, I believe we've acquired faith in ourselves.” BelieveI BelieveNations Author:Indira Gandhi
“I like to think I've provided this faith. I also think that by providing faith, I've focused their pride. I say focused because pride isn't something you give. It doesn't even break out suddenly; it's a feeling that grows very slowly, very confusedly.” ThinkingGivingFeelingsGrowsBreakPrideFocusedProvidingBreak Out Author:Indira Gandhi
“Our pride has grown in the last twenty-five years, though others don't understand it and underestimate it.” YearsLastsFivePrideTwentiesFive YearsUnderestimateTwenty Five Author:Indira Gandhi
“You've never been very generous, you Westerners, toward us Indians. You should have seen that things were changing, albeit slowly. You should have seen that something was happening. Not much, but something.” ShouldHappeningsShould HaveGenerousWesterners Author:Indira Gandhi
“It's true that I refused foreign aid. It's true. It wasn't my personal decision, however - it was the whole country that said no.” SaidCountryWholeDecisionAidsForeign AidPersonal Decisions Author:Indira Gandhi