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Quotes by Leader

"In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance."

"Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit."

"Jan Bhagidari is the biggest asset of a democracy. We are increasing it through MyGov, letters from citizens, Mann Ki Baat and other initiatives"

"You can never reach the promised land. You can march towards it."

"Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party."

"Yoga is a philosophy of discipline and meditation that transforms the spirit and makes the individual a better person in thought, action, knowledge and devotion."

"The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo during my stay."

"Before (the NDA) came to power, there was an atmosphere of despair. Newspapers were filled with news of corruption. People had lost hope. But we changed the situation. And today, after two more years of our Government, I can say with certainty that there is hope not just in the people of this country, the trust of entire world has grown in India."

"A man can't ride your back unless it's bent."

"The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it."

"What we really are matters more than what other people think of us."

"A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment."

"I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers."

"Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it."

"Joy must be one of the pivots of our life. It is the token of a generous personality. Sometimes it is also a mantle that clothes a life of sacrifice and self-giving. A person who has this gift often reaches high summits. He or she is like sun in a community."

"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."

"If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience."

"This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment."

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

"Not only will this make you treat each moment more preciously, but you will be more patient with yourself and with others, recognizing that there are millions of moments on the path to any worthwhile achievement."

"Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience."

"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind."

"May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in."

"Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will."

"Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan."

"One of the realities we're all called to go through is to move from repulsion to compassion and from compassion to wonderment."

"We have brought two hundred million people into the banking system through the Jan Dhan Yojana. This is more than the population of most countries in the world. Now, these millions are part of our banking system, and words like 'interest rate' have a meaning for them."

"No nation has friends only interests."

"The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain."

"Let Him empty and transform you ;and afterwards fill the chalice of your hearts to the brim, that you in your turn, may give of your abundance. Seek Him. Knowledge will make you strong as death. Love Him trustfully without looking back, without fear. Believe that Jesus and Jesus alone is life. Serve Jesus, casting aside and forgetting all that troubles or worries you, make loved the love that is not loved."
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