Top 37 Shastri Quotes
#1. Those who govern must see how the people react to administration. Ultimately, the people are the final arbiters.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#2. If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#4. The preservation of freedom, is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#5. Among the major tasks before us none is of greater importance for our strength and stability than the task of building up the unity and solidarity of our people.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#6. The basic idea of governance, as I see it, is to hold the society together so that it can develop and march towards certain goals.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#7. Neither the military might nor the economic and technological development makes a nation great. It is made great by it's citizens with Self Respect and Integrity ingrained in their lives.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
#9. The economic issues are most vital for us and it is of the highest importance that we should fight our biggest enemies - Poverty, unemployment.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#10. This ground is surprising. It holds about 60,000 but when there are around 30,000 in, you get the feeling that it is half empty
Ravi Shastri
#11. Jadeja has been sent by N. Srinivasan to play cricket and then go back ... to Dhoni.
Ravi Shastri
#12. The rule of law should be respected so that the basic structure of our democracy is maintained and further strengthened.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#13. Success in science and scientific work come not through the provision of unlimited or big resources, but in the wise and careful selection of problems and objectives. Above all, what is required is hard sustained work and dedication.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#16. Even if one is not hungry and although eat is called HumanBeing Even though one is hungry and although does not eat is HumanBeing
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
#17. We have now to fight for peace with the same courage and deter-mination as we fought against aggression.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#18. India will have to hang down her head in shame if even one person is left who is said in any way to be untouchable.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#20. It is essential that in a society, divine thoughts and power should co-exist. Simple Faith, not backed by material forces, is weak and Strength without touch of Divinity is monstrous.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
#21. An enlightened society is one where all people - the rich and the poor, the literate and the illiterate, the black and the white, men and women - live happily as children of the same Lord. Thus experiencing the brotherhood of men under the fatherhood of God.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
#22. Devotion does not mean only Chanting praise and singing glory of God, nor fasting and offerings made to God. Devotion is a specific attitude towards life and existence.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
#23. When you compare the icons of the game, you have Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Dhoni in the same bracket.
Ravi Shastri
#25. Sampling out corruption is a very tough job, but I say so in all seriousness that we would be failing in our duty if we do not tackle this problem seriously and with determination.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#27. Devotion (Bhakti) includes Sentimental Devotion (Bhav Bhakti) and Devotion through action (Kruti Bhakti).
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
#28. True democracy or the swaraj of the masses can never come through untruthful and violent means.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#29. That which takes us nearer to the Almighty (Sat) is truth. Truth needs no external support to sustain or promote itself.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
#30. That loyalty to the country comes ahead of all other loyalties. And this is an absolute loyalty, since one cannot weight it in terms of what one receives.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#31. Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
#32. We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not us to degrade other countries ... I want the freedom of my country so that other countries may learn something from my free country so that the resources of my country might be utilized for the benefit of mankind.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#33. Devotion is the realization that wealth, education and power are God given gifts and not the endowments of fate.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
#34. To achieve progress and development it is necessary to bring about co-ordination between liberty and security through Devotion.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
#36. We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
#37. We all have to work in our respective spheres with the same dedication, the same zeal and the same determination which inspired and motivated the warrior on the battle front. And this has to be shown not by mere words, but by actual deeds.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
