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Courage Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

55 Courage quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi says a brave man chooses death over losing self‑respect. He links non‑violence with true courage, noting that education without bravery can melt like wax. He also trusts a quiet inner voice, believing that retreat can be a strategic act of resistance.

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Nonviolence is the summit of bravery.

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Bravery is not man's monopoly.

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Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.

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Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

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Human dignity demands courage to defend oneself.

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Forgiveness is the virtue of the brave.

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Nonviolence requires more courage than the soldier of war.

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The man or the woman who can display the nonviolence of the brave can easily stand against as external invasion.

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What is imprisonment to the man who is fearless of death itself?

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There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.

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What is it but my ahimsa that draws thousands of women to me in fearless confidence?

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Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.

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A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured.

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Hindus, if they want unity among different races, must have the courage to trust the minorities.

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Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly.

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A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice…

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Active nonviolence of the brave puts to flight thieves, dacoits, murderers, and prepares an army of volunteers ready to sacrifice themselves in…

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Unexampled bravery, born of nonviolence, coupled with strict honesty shown by a fair number of Muslims, is sure to infect the whole…

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Education without courage is like a wax statue - beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of…

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Let no one charge me with ever having abused or encouraged weakness or surrendered on matters of principle. But I have said,…

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For the courage of self-sacrifice, woman is any time superior to man, as I believe man is to woman for the courage…

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War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.

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I cannot teach you violence,as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads…

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Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate.…

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Nonviolence means an ocean of compassion. It means shedding from us every trace of ill will for others. It does not mean…

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Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act…

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I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was…

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“God, help me to tell the thruth to the strong and to avoid telling lies to get the weak's applause. If you…

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True paurusha, true bravery, consists in driving out the brute in us.

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A courageous man prefers death to the surrender of self-respect.

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I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.

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Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire.

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

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Creation of effective public opinion depends on the cultivation of true courage, born of truthfulness and nonviolence.

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You will find that God is always by the side of the fearless.

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Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.

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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

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Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

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Non-violence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon for the brave.

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

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So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj.

I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.

Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.

I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.

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The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru.

Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant.