To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.

...sometimes what you go looking for isn't as important as what you leave behind.

That, after all, was his job. The title of emperor carried with it only a single duty.To make everything better.

Embrace each new day with great expectations.

There are many places where we need to fight important battles to make sure that customers have access to solar.

Artists are like everybody else.

It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.

My brush-strokes start in nothing and they end in nothing, and in-between you find the image.

No man is happy without a goal, and no man can be happy without faith in his own ability to reach that goal.

The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical.

I love you is unsubtle. It removes explanations, facilities, degrees, scruples.