About Mahatma Gandhi

Leader of India's independence movement through nonviolent resistance. (1869-1948)

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More from Mahatma Gandhi

• The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.Young India (1931)
• A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.Harijan (1938)
• If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.Indian Opinion (1913)
• Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.Written statement at his trial for sedition (1922)
• You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.Harijan (1947)
• Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need but not for every man's greed.As quoted by Pyarelal in Mahatma Gandhi: The Last Phase (1958)

More quotes on failure and resilience

• Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.Albert Einstein
• Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.Albert Einstein
• Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.Albert Einstein
• Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.Marie Curie
• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.Thomas Edison
• Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.Nikola Tesla

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