Gujarati Quotes

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action,

and we have trusted only to rhetoric.

If we are really to be a great nation,

we must not merely talk;

we must act big.

You have to fight to reach your dream.

You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.

In order to succeed,

we must first believe that we can

Nikos Kazantzakis

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery,

I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

I’m not concerned with awards.

I’m concerned with respect.

Ninety nine percent of the failures

come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Don’t let society define who you are.

I don't have a problem with the kids;

I have a problem with the mothers.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment

before starting to improve the world.

The soul is healed by being with children

One loyal friend is

worth ten thousand

relatives

No man is above the law and no man is below it:

nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.

Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world…

if you do so, you are insulting yourself.

You can’t cheat the grind;

it knows how much you’ve invested.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

To give thanks in solitude

is enough.

Thanksgiving has wings

and goes where it must go.

Your prayer knows much

more about it than you do

Racing,

competing,

it’s in my blood.

It’s part of me;

it’s part of my life.

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life.

In fact,

I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.

O Day of days when we can read!

The reader and the book,

either without the other is naught.