19 Quotes By Jawaharlal Nehru


A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new when an age ends and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.
Jawaharlal Nehru on age

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
Jawaharlal Nehru on attitude

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Jawaharlal Nehru on beauty

Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Jawaharlal Nehru on change

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
Jawaharlal Nehru on change

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
Jawaharlal Nehru on dreams

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
Jawaharlal Nehru on failure

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
Jawaharlal Nehru on fear

A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new when an age ends and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.
Jawaharlal Nehru on history

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
Jawaharlal Nehru on history

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
Jawaharlal Nehru on home

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
Jawaharlal Nehru on peace

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
Jawaharlal Nehru on peace

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
Jawaharlal Nehru on peace

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
Jawaharlal Nehru on relationship

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Jawaharlal Nehru on society

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
Jawaharlal Nehru on time

Let us be a little humble let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
Jawaharlal Nehru on truth

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
Jawaharlal Nehru on war