Time is not measured by the passing of years, but by what one does, what one feels and what one achieves.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Time and Time Management]

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Virtue]

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Peace]

What we need is a generation of peace.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Peace]

A theory must be tempered with reality.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Reality]

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Risk]

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Facts]

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Failure]

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Fear]

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Crisis]

Every little thing counts in a crisis.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Crisis]

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Culture]

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Danger]

Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Defeat]

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Action]

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Action]

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 - [Adventure]

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Advice]

The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Argument]

Great causes and little men go ill together.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru - [Causes]