The Congress is a power-oriented party.

If an industrialist can sell his products anywhere in India and the world, why should a farmer not be allowed to do so?

I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.

In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time.

Whether some may like it or not, I am still the farmer that I was born as and will continue to be one.

Emotionally, a person is tied to the land of his birth. It's only human.

I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English.

I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.

In my long innings, I have seen many sunrises and many sunsets; many good and bad times.

The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect.

Marriage is no substitute for political experience.

Don’t make any plans, because there is only one plan which really works and that is not even devised by you

[T]his is the strongest encouragement to them in sinning

23. With God, even when nothing is happening...something is happening.

Fear of trouble present and future often blinds us to the numerous small blessings we enjoy silencing our prayers of praise and thanksgiving.

Rightness of limitation is essential for growth of reality.

Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.

An excess of childhood is the germ of a poem.

Leaders are readers, and readers are leaders.

Behind every piece of bad content is an executive who asked for it.

Choose your friends with caution. Plan your future with purpose. Frame your life with faith.