India is calling. Blood is calling to blood. Get up, we have no time to lose. Take up your arms! we shall carve our way through the enemy’s ranks, or if God wills, we shall die a martyr’s death. And in our last sleep we shall kiss the road that will bring our Army to Delhi.

As long as I have life, as long as blood flows through the arms of mine, I shall not leave the cause of freedom.

A few holes in your character can feel you down, but if you fill those holes with complete dedication, then no one can stop you from achieving the top position.

In domestic government, unity and cooperation are essential requisites. 

If you're going through hell, keep going. 

The best way to supervise your men is from their reports that they make out. 

Without surprises life could be boring.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot log retain it. 

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often wore round, rimless glasses known as Mazzawati teaglasses. I had a car, and I wore a chauffeur's cap with my overalls. The pose of chauffeur was convenient because I could travel under the pretext of driving my master's car.

 When I am overcome by an inflated ego, I think of the lofty mountains.