Strength Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

#1. Satyagraha does not depend on outside help, it derives all its strength from within.

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#2. If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.

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#3. Whatever strength the masses have is due entirely to ahimsa, however imperfect or defective its practice might have been.

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#4. If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.

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#5. The greater our innocence, the greater our strength and the swifter our victory

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#6. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior.

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#7. Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity ... If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior ... If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women.

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#8. A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.

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#9. Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength to strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts.

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#10. A faith gained in strength only when people were willing to lay down their lives for it.

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#11. The strength of the soul can defy a whole world in arms against it.

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#12. Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The Valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone.

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#13. Rama was not only on the lips of Hanuman. He was enthroned in his heart. He gave Hanuman exhaustless strength.

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#14. Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

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#15. Selfless action is a source of strength.

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#16. Civil disobedience can only lead to strength and purity.

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#17. God is not in strength but in truth.

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#18. True knowledge gives a moral standing and moral strength.

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#19. I am conscious of my own limitations. That consciousness is my only strength.

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#20. Can a general fight on the strength of soldiers, who, he knows, have no faith in him?

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#21. God tries his votaries through and through but never beyond endurance. He gives them strength enough to go through the ordeal he prescribes for them.

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#22. A person who has truly realized the principle of nonviolence has the God given strength for his weapon, and the world has not yet known anything that can match it.

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#23. The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.

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#24. Ahimsa calls for the strength and courage to suffer without retaliation, to receive blows without returning any.

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#25. Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

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#26. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.

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#27. Every truth is self-acting and possesses inherent strength.

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#28. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

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#29. We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.

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#30. Man should earnestly desire the well - being of all God's creations and pray that we may have the strength to do so.

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#31. The weak can never forgive.

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#32. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

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#33. A soldier fights with an irresistible strength when he has blown up his bridges and burnt his boats. Even so, it is with a soldier of ahimsa.

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#34. When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within.

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#35. If God holds me to be a pure instrument for the spread of nonviolence in place of the awful violence now ruling the earth, He will give me the strength and show me the way.

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#36. Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith.

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#37. When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

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#38. Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.

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#39. As a rule, the mind, residing in a body that has become weakened by pampering, is also weak, and where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

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#40. An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers.

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#41. It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

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#42. To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from God.

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#43. It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

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#44. What is wanted is a deliberate giving up of violence out of strength.

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