Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
Most popular Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
![Ignorance is always afraid of change. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/03/52203A-ignorance-is-always-afraid-of-change-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
![Every little thing counts in a crisis. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/00/52200A-every-little-thing-counts-in-a-crisis-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Every little thing counts in a crisis.
![A theory must be tempered with reality. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/07/4907A-a-theory-must-be-tempered-with-reality-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
A theory must be tempered with reality.
![Great causes and little men go ill together. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/94/51594A-great-causes-and-little-men-go-ill-together-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Great causes and little men go ill together.
![Citizenship consists in the service of the country. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/87/51587A-citizenship-consists-in-the-service-of-country-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
![The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/12/52212A-the-art-of-a-people-is-true-mirror-their-minds-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.
![The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/15/52215A-the-only-alternative-to-coexistence-is-codestruction-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
![Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/98/52198A-culture-is-the-widening-of-the-mind-spirit-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
![The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/36/6036A-the-policy-of-being-too-cautious-is-greatest-risk-all-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
![Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/76/22876A-democracy-is-good-i-say-this-because-other-systems-are-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
![Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/99/52199A-democracy-and-socialism-are-means-to-end-not-end-itself-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
![Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/30/10730A-facts-are-facts-and-will-not-disappear-account-your-likes-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
![Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/24/52224A-without-peace-all-other-dreams-vanish-are-reduced-ashes-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
![There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/19/52219A-there-is-perhaps-nothing-so-bad-so-dangerous-life-as-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
![Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/97/52197A-action-to-be-effective-must-be-directed-clearly-conceived-ends-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
![What we really are matters more than what other people think of us. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/23/52223A-what-we-really-are-matters-more-than-what-other-people-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
![The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/17/52217A-the-person-who-talks-most-of-his-own-virtue-is-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
![Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/01/52201A-failure-comes-only-when-we-forget-our-ideals-objectives-principles-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
![Ultimately what we really are matters more than what other people think of us. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/18/5118A-ultimately-what-we-really-are-matters-more-than-what-other-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Ultimately what we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
![The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favour of peace and order. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/14/52214A-the-man-who-has-gotten-everything-he-wants-is-all-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favour of peace and order.
![You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/25/52225A-you-dont-change-the-course-of-history-by-turning-faces-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
![Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/09/52209A-our-chief-defect-is-that-we-are-more-given-talking-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
![It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/05/52205A-it-is-the-habit-of-every-aggressor-nation-claim-that-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.
![Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/96/52196A-action-itself-so-long-as-i-am-convinced-that-it-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
![Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/06/52206A-let-us-be-a-little-humble-let-us-think-that-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
![It is amazing how people deceive themselves and others when it is in their interest to do so. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/00/29200A-it-is-amazing-how-people-deceive-themselves-others-when-it-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
It is amazing how people deceive themselves and others when it is in their interest to do so.
![The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/18/52218A-the-purely-agitational-attitude-is-not-good-enough-detailed-consideration-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
![Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/88/51588A-crises-and-deadlocks-when-they-occur-have-at-least-this-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
![It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/04/52204A-it-is-only-too-easy-to-make-suggestions-later-try-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
![The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/16/52216A-the-person-who-runs-away-exposes-himself-that-very-danger-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
![I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/02/52202A-i-have-become-a-queer-mixture-east-west-out-place-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
![Life is a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/22/2022A-life-is-a-game-of-cards-hand-you-are-dealt-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Life is a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
![To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/21/52221A-to-be-in-good-moral-condition-requires-at-least-as-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
![Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/07/52207A-life-is-like-a-game-of-cards-hand-you-are-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
![The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/13/52213A-the-forces-in-a-capitalist-society-if-left-unchecked-tend-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
![Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/20/52220A-time-is-not-measured-by-the-passing-years-but-by-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
![Socialism is ... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/11/52211A-socialism-is-not-only-a-way-life-but-certain-scientific-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Socialism is ... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
![Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/10/51610A-obviously-the-highest-type-of-efficiency-is-that-which-can-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
![Peace cannot suddenly descend from the heavens. It can only come when the root-causes of trouble are removed. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/67/6967A-peace-cannot-suddenly-descend-from-the-heavens-it-can-only-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Peace cannot suddenly descend from the heavens. It can only come when the root-causes of trouble are removed.
![Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism. The way you play it is free will. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/22/34822A-life-is-like-a-game-of-cards-hand-that-is-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism. The way you play it is free will.
![Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/08/52208A-loyal-and-efficient-work-in-a-great-cause-even-though-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
![A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/83/51583A-a-leader-or-a-man-of-action-crisis-almost-always-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
![It is possible to make a garden from a wilderness quickly; but it is not easy to re-convert the wilderness from a garden. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/11/10111A-it-is-possible-to-make-a-garden-from-wilderness-quickly-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
It is possible to make a garden from a wilderness quickly; but it is not easy to re-convert the wilderness from a garden.
![It is difficult to moralize about any matter, as ideas of conventional morality differ from age to age and country to country. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/35/2435A-it-is-difficult-to-moralize-about-any-matter-as-ideas-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
It is difficult to moralize about any matter, as ideas of conventional morality differ from age to age and country to country.
![Ignorance is always afraid of change. It fears the unknown and sticks to its rut, however miserable it may be there. In its blindness it stumbles on anyhow. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/60/27860A-ignorance-is-always-afraid-of-change-it-fears-unknown-sticks-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Ignorance is always afraid of change. It fears the unknown and sticks to its rut, however miserable it may be there. In its blindness it stumbles on anyhow.
![We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/22/52222A-we-live-in-a-wonderful-world-that-is-full-beauty-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
![A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/95/52195A-a-moment-comes-which-comes-but-rarely-history-when-we-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.
![Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. - Jawaharlal Nehru quote.](/img/q/10/52210A-peace-is-not-a-relationship-of-nations-it-is-condition-jawaharlal-nehru.png)
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.