Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, is regarded as the Father of Nation(India). He was one of the leading figures of Indian nationalism during India’s independence from the United Kingdom.
Explore our collection of Mahatma Gandhi Quotes that will inspire you to live your life with peace and happiness.
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
– Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
1. “Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to change ourselves.” – Mahatma Gandhi
2. “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” – Mahatma Gandhi
3. “Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.” – Mahatma Gandhi
4. “I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one’s self-respect.” – Mahatma Gandhi
5. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi
6. “Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.” – Mahatma Gandhi
7. “The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.” – Mahatma Gandhi
8. “The good man is the friend of all living things.” – Mahatma Gandhi
9. “A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.” – Mahatma Gandhi
10. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Mahatma Gandhi
11. “To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” – Mahatma Gandhi
12. “To lose patience is to lose the battle.” – Mahatma Gandhi
13. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
14. “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” – Mahatma Gandhi
15. “There are two days in the year that we can not do anything – yesterday and tomorrow.” – Mahatma Gandhi
16. “Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.” – Mahatma Gandhi
17. “The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.” – Mahatma Gandhi
18. “It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.” – Mahatma Gandhi
19. “If we want to reach real peace in this world, we should start educating children.” – Mahatma Gandhi
20. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi
21. “The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma Gandhi
22. “Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.” – Mahatma Gandhi
23. “Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi
24. “You don’t know who is important to you until you actually lose them.” – Mahatma Gandhi
25. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
26. “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Mahatma Gandhi
27. “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.” – Mahatma Gandhi
28. “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” – Mahatma Gandhi
29. “There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.” – Mahatma Gandhi
30. “Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.” – Mahatma Gandhi
31. “You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.” – Mahatma Gandhi
32. “In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.” – Mahatma Gandhi
33. “Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilisation.” – Mahatma Gandhi
34. “Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.” – Mahatma Gandhi
35. “The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.” – Mahatma Gandhi
36. “Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.” – Mahatma Gandhi
37. “It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.” – Mahatma Gandhi
38. “Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.” – Mahatma Gandhi
39. “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.” – Mahatma Gandhi
40. “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” – Mahatma Gandhi
41. “Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.” – Mahatma Gandhi
42. “There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.” – Mahatma Gandhi
43. “True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.” – Mahatma Gandhi
44. “Terrorism and deception are weapons not of the strong, but of the weak.” – Mahatma Gandhi
45. “Behaviour is the mirror in which we can display our image.” – Mahatma Gandhi
46. “Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.” – Mahatma Gandhi
47. “What lies ahead of you & what lies behind you is nothing compared to what lies within you.” – Mahatma Gandhi
48. “If you don’t find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.” – Mahatma Gandhi
49. “Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.” – Mahatma Gandhi
50. “Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.” – Mahatma Gandhi
51. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi