Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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Mahatma Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi

October 2 , 1869 – January 30 , 1948

Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian activist, leader. Their words on leadership, courage and responsibility are still quoted by those looking for strength and direction.

131 quotes in this collection

"There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Poverty is the worst form of violence."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"The good man is the friend of all living things."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Non-violence is the article of faith."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Knowledge gained through experience is far superior to bookish knowledge."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"I shall fear only God. I shall not bear ill will toward anyone."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"I shall conquer untruth by truth."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth is by nature self-evident."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"The real ornament of a woman is her character, her purity."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian activist, leader. Their words on leadership, courage and responsibility are still quoted by those looking for strength and direction.

One of Mahatma Gandhi's most widely shared quotes is: "God has no religion.".

On success, Mahatma Gandhi said: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.".

On leadership, Mahatma Gandhi said: "Be the change that you wish to see in the world.".

Mahatma Gandhi's quotes endure because they turn ideas about Success, Leadership, Integrity, Spirituality into clear, memorable language that is easy to relate to and share.

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