Famous Quotes by the Children loving First Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru

In India, Children’s day in India is celebrated on the birth anniversary of the first Prime Minister of India who was also very fond of children, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who was born and 14th November 1889. The principal leader of Indian independence struggle was of a belief that children are the future of the country and to their upbringing affects the future as they have the potential to contribute to society and humanity if they want their country to grow. His love, care and affection for the children earned him the title of ‘Chacha Nehru’.

Children’s day is celebrated on 14th November all over India with great joy and excitement among children. In schools and other educational institutions, various fun events are organized for children. So, on this day, let’s not forget our powerful leader and let’s have a look at his memorable and remarkable quotes about children and other ones.

  • “Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow. Only through right education can a better order of society be built up.”
  • “I may not have time for adults, but I have enough time for children.”
  • “Let us be little humble, let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.”
  • “The vast army of children across the world, outwardly different kinds of clothes, and yet so very like another. If you bring them together, they play or quarrel, but even their quarrel is some kind of play. They do not think of differences amongst themselves, the difference between class or caste or colour or status. They are wiser than their father(s) or mother(s).”
  • “Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.”
  •  “The object of education was to produce a desire to serve the community as a whole and to apply the Knowledge gained not only for personal but for public welfare.”
  • “A university stands for humanism, for tolerance, for reason, for the adventure of ideas and for the search for truth.”
  • “Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.”
  • “Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit”
  • “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
  • “Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.”
  • “There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.”
  • “A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies That have moulded them.”
  • “Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.”
  • “The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.”
  • “Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.”
  • India has known the innocence and insouciance of childhood, the passion and abandon of youth, and the ripe wisdom of maturity that comes from long experience of pain and pleasure; and over and over a gain she has renewed her childhood and youth and age.”
  • “Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.”
  • “Without that passion and urge, there is a gradual oozing out of hope and vitality, a settling down on lower levels of existence, a slow merging into non-existence. We become prisoners of the past and some part of its immobility sticks to us.”
  • “Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. 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.”
  • “There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
  • “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.”
  • “Fine buildings, fine pictures and books and everything that is beautiful are certainly signs of civilization. But an even better sign is a fine man who is unselfish and works with others for the good of all. To work together is better than to work singly, and to work together for the common good is best of all.”
  • “The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.”
  • “What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.”
  • “The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.”
  • “Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.”
  • “The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.”
  • “There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.”
  • It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.”
  • “To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.”
  • “Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.”
  • “The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.”

The person behind the making of the largest democracy in the world has quoted various other great statements during his lifetime. The most known one was “Aaram Haram Hai” which is one of the never aging quotes of Jawaharlal Nehru. He was a very hardworking leader who inspired the youth and children to work and achieve something for their country and understand the worth of their motherland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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