You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

t doesn't matter from which caste, creed or culture one belongs, what matters is that everyone is a citizen of India and there should only be pride in that they are Indian.

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent. 

The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in the hearing of persons who cannot take in at a glance a complicated argument or follow a long chain of reasoning.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. 

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

This is a world of action, and not for mopping and drowning in.