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Quotes by Leader

"I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum."

"We want the entire world to prosper, we believe in Vishwa Kalyan."

"There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt."

"If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it."

"I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things."

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

"Your friendship is our honour; your dreams are our duty. India's capacity may be limited, but our commitment is without limits. Our resources may be modest, but our will is boundless."

"When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens."

"India has now graduated from megawatts to gigawatts in terms of renewable energy production"

"Yog is not only about Rog Mukti but also Bhog Mukti. Yoga can be our cultural ambassador. We can reach out to the world through this medium."

"Furthermore, it is not distorting history to say that it was largely through the efforts and propaganda of our International Federation that the government of the U.S.S.R. was recognized by the majority of the great powers."

"Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family."

"We have met ambitious fiscal targets in each of the previous two fiscal years. We have reduced the deficit even while increasing capital expenditure."

"Since Day 1, we have maintained that ours is a Government dedicated to the poor and will continue to work dedicatedly for the welfare of the poor"

"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant."

"I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet."

"It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails."

"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them."

"Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us."

"No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes."

"Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach."

"This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the country."

"Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions."

"Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along."
Will,

"And when native man left off this form of development, his humanization was retarded in growth."

"I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election."


"How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?"
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