--- title: "8 Married Quotes By Indira Gandhi" description: "8 Married quotes by Indira Gandhi. Plus more from Indira Gandhi and more Married sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/indira-gandhi-1113_children_the-doctors-advised-me-not-to-have-even_185834.jpg" --- > [The doctors advised me not to have even one. My health was still not good, and they said that pregnancy might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/the-doctors-advised-me-not-to-have-even-one-my-health-was-still-not/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/indira-gandhi-1113_children_the-doctors-advised-me-not-to-have-even_185834.jpg) > [Maybe I would have considered the problem if I'd met someone with whom I'd have liked to live. But I never met…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/maybe-i-would-have-considered-the-problem-if-i-d-met-someone-with/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/indira-gandhi-1113_ifs_maybe-i-would-have-considered-the-proble_1268673.jpg) > [ Until I was about eighteen, yes \[I didn't want to get married\]. But not because I felt like a suffragette, but because… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/until-i-was-about-eighteen-yes-i-didn-t-want-to-get-married-but-not/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/indira-gandhi-1113_distracted_until-i-was-about-eighteen-yes-i-didn-t_1710683.jpg) > [In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/in-any-case-i-married-feroze-gandhi-once-i-get-an-idea-in-my-head-no/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/indira-gandhi-1113_cases_in-any-case-i-married-feroze-gandhi-once_1713519.jpg) > [One day in 1965 Rajiv wrote me from London, where he was studying, and informed me, 'You're always asking me about girls,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/one-day-in-1965-rajiv-wrote-me-from-london-where-he-was-studying-and/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/indira-gandhi-1113_asking_one-day-in-1965-rajiv-wrote-me-from-lond_2165251.jpg) > [No one wanted that marriage, no one. Even Mahatma Gandhi wasn't happy about it. As for my father...it's not true that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/no-one-wanted-that-marriage-no-one-even-mahatma-gandhi-wasn-t-happy/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/indira-gandhi-1113_daughter_no-one-wanted-that-marriage-no-one-even_2635243.jpg) > [Little by little I changed my mind, and when I was about eighteen, I began to consider the possibility of getting married.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/little-by-little-i-changed-my-mind-and-when-i-was-about-eighteen-i/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/indira-gandhi-1113_changed_little-by-little-i-changed-my-mind-and-w_2649095.jpg) > [I always stayed married to my husband! Always, until the day he died! It's not true that we were separated!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-always-stayed-married-to-my-husband-always-until-the-day-he-died-it/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/indira-gandhi-1113_died_i-always-stayed-married-to-my-husband-al_3059432.jpg) ## Other authors on Married ## More by Indira Gandhi > [I don't see why we and the Chinese should have to be enemies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-don-t-see-why-we-and-the-chinese-should-have-to-be-enemies/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [Politics...You see, it depends on what kind of politics. What we did during my father's generation was a duty. And it was beautiful because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/politics-you-see-it-depends-on-what-kind-of-politics-what-we-did/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [I'm not ambitious. Not a bit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-m-not-ambitious-not-a-bit/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/in-all-societies-that-have-applied-a-form-of-socialism-a-certain/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-cannot-understand-how-anyone-can-be-an-indian-and-not-be-proud/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [Even today to be civilised is held to be synonymous with being westernised. Advanced countries devote large resources to formulating and spreading ideas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/even-today-to-be-civilised-is-held-to-be-synonymous-with-being/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/to-me-the-function-of-politics-is-to-make-possible-the-desirable/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/to-become-capable-one-must-have-faith-in-oneself/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [If we offer something to Bangladesh, it's obvious that Bangladesh is offering something to us. And why shouldn't Bangladesh be able to keep its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/if-we-offer-something-to-bangladesh-it-s-obvious-that-bangladesh-is/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [The India I want, I'll never tire of repeating, is a more just and less poor India, one entirely free of foreign influences. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/the-india-i-want-i-ll-never-tire-of-repeating-is-a-more-just-and-less/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [Satisfied is a word I use only in reference to my country, and I'll never be satisfied for my country. For this reasons I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/satisfied-is-a-word-i-use-only-in-reference-to-my-country-and-i-ll/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [I always wanted to have children - if it had been up to me, I would have had eleven. It was my husband who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-always-wanted-to-have-children-if-it-had-been-up-to-me-i-would-have/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/defeats-are-always-pitiful-victories-are-always-last-resources/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/to-be-liberated-woman-must-feel-free-to-be-herself-not-in-rivalry-to/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large numbers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/we-do-not-wish-to-impoverish-the-environment-any-further-and-yet-we/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/married/indira-gandhi/#itemlist", "name": "8 Married Quotes By Indira Gandhi", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The doctors advised me not to have even one. 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