“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.” Jawaharlal Nehru LifePlayGameCardsHandFree will
“Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.” Jawaharlal Nehru FeelTime
“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 HistoryOld
“Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.” Jawaharlal Nehru Failure
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” Jawaharlal Nehru AdventureBeauty
“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 Action
“Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.” Jawaharlal Nehru Dead
“Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.” Jawaharlal Nehru PeaceWar
“Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.” Jawaharlal Nehru Action
“You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.” Jawaharlal Nehru ChangeHistory
“Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.” Jawaharlal Nehru
“Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.” Jawaharlal Nehru DemocracyGoodPolitical system
“It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.” Jawaharlal Nehru Easy
“The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.” Jawaharlal Nehru
“I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.” Jawaharlal Nehru
“It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.” Jawaharlal Nehru Acting
“The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.” Jawaharlal Nehru
