197 Quotes by Jawaharlal Nehru

I am the last Englishman to rule in India.

Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.

Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.

It is always more difficult to fight one's own failings than the power of an adversary.

It is better to understand a part of truth and apply it to our lives than to understand nothing at all and flounder helplessly in a vain attempt to pierce the mystery of existence.

There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.

We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?

What is history, indeed, but a record of change?

Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere