Our India Independence Day on August 15 is a huge celebration all over the country. People are super excited and patriotic. This day is like a birthday for India because it got its freedom from being ruled by another country. It’s like a special day for the whole nation.
So, I’ve got these awesome quotes from our Mahatma Gandhi ji.
He said a lot of wise and thoughtful things about life, peace, and making the world better. His words are like little pieces of advice that can help us understand how to be good and kind people.
Gandhi talked about cool stuff like being the change we want to see, not hurting others even if they hurt us, and how love and truth can make a big difference. These quotes are like little nuggets of wisdom that can make us think and maybe even inspire us to do better things.
Are you ready?
Let’s dive into these cool quotes from Mahatma Gandhi!
- “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
- “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
- “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
- “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
- “Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever.”
- “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
- “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
- “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
- “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
- “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
- “The future depends on what you do today.”
- “An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”
- “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
- “You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”
- “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
- “Action expresses priorities.”
- “Where there is love, there is life.”
- “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
- “My life is my message.”
- “You don’t know who is important to you until you actually lose them.”
- “Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.”
- “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.”
- “Freedom is not doing what you want, but what is right.”
- “The weak can never initiate peace as the strong do.”
- “Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.”
- “The power to love is God’s greatest gift to us.”
- “There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.”
- “Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.”
- “The earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not every man’s greed.”
- “Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.”
- “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
- “The weak can never bring about peace. The brave alone can.”
- “There is no path to peace; peace is the path.”
- “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
- “To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
- “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
- “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
- “Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
- “A ‘no’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”
- “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”
- “The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.”
- “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”
- “Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.”
- “The future is for those who do not think about it.”
- “The only tyrant I accept in this world is the ‘still small voice’ within me.”
- “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
- “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
- “An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.”
- “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
- “To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.”
- “Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote the freedom to err.”
- “Non-violence is the article of faith.”
- “In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.”
- “The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
- “Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.”
- “Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.”
- “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.”
- “Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.”
- “The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”
- “I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.”
- “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
- “A ‘no’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”
- “Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
- “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
- “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
- “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”
- “The future depends on what you do today.”
- “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
- “Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever.”
- “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
- “The weak can never bring about peace. The brave alone can.”
- “An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.”
- “Non-violence is the article of faith.”
- “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
- “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
- “You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”
- “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
- “Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.”
- “The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”
- “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
- “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”
- “There is no path to peace; peace is the path.”
- “To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.”
- “The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
- “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
- “My life is my message.”
- “I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.”
- “Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.”
- “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
- “The only tyrant I accept in this world is the ‘still small voice’ within me.”
- “To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
- “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
- “Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.”
- “The power to love is God’s greatest gift to us.”
- “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.”
- “Action expresses priorities.”
- “Where there is love, there is life.”
- “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
- “In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.”
- “Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.”
Jai Hind!