Chartacter Quotes

Sir,

my concern is not whether God is on our side;

my greatest concern is to be on God's side,

for God is always right.

The mystic cords of memory,

stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to

every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land,

will yet swell the chorus of the Union,

when again touched,

as surely they will be,

by the angels of our nature.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Cautious,

careful people always casting about to preserve their reputations…

can never effect a reform.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

We have not invaded anyone.

We have not conquered anyone.

We have not grabbed their land,

their culture,

their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.

When I took over as president,

I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it,

the more I realised that it does not prevent t

he president of India from giving the nation a vision.

So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and

in legislative assemblies;

everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

I guess you'd call me an independent,

since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics.

I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as

I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves,

no matter what the party label.

Don’t wait for someone else to take action;

report the truth,

even when it’s difficult.

A doctor can bury his mistakes,

but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Willing is not enough; we must do

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed

is more important than any other.

No religion has mandated killing others

as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

Focus on the process,

not the outcome.

Excellence comes from repetition.

Acting is the art of creating life in front of an audience.

Every fact is related on one side to sensation,

and, on the other, to morals.

The game of thought is,

on the appearance of one of these two sides,

to find the other: given the upper,

to find the under side.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

Men make history,

and not the other way around.

In periods where there is no leadership,

society stands still.

Intellectuals solve problems,

geniuses prevent them.

My cousin's gay, he went to London

only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.