A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
Jawaharlal Nehru

A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.
Jawaharlal Nehru

A theory must be tempered with reality.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
Jawaharlal Nehru


Every little thing counts in a crisis.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Great causes and little men go ill together.
Jawaharlal Nehru

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
Jawaharlal Nehru

Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Jawaharlal Nehru

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
Jawaharlal Nehru

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.
Jawaharlal Nehru

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

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