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> [The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/the-ambition-of-the-greatest-men-of-our-generation-has-been-to-wipe/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

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## More by Jawaharlal Nehru

> [“Without that passion and urge, there is a gradual oozing out of hope and vitality, a settling down on lower levels of existence, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/without-that-passion-and-urge-there-is-a-gradual-oozing-out-of-hope/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/by-education-i-am-an-englishman-by-views-an-internationalist-by/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/what-we-really-are-matters-more-than-what-other-people-think-of-us/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [If the world suffers from mental deterioration or from moral degradation, then something goes wrong at the very root of civilization or culture. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/if-the-world-suffers-from-mental-deterioration-or-from-moral/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [Great causes and little men go ill together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/great-causes-and-little-men-go-ill-together/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/it-is-now-clear-that-science-is-incapable-of-ordering-life-a-life-is/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [Success comes to those who dare and act; it seldom goes to the timid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/success-comes-to-those-who-dare-and-act-it-seldom-goes-to-the-timid/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/there-is-nothing-more-horrifying-than-stupidity-in-action/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [I do not attach much importance to America's bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/i-do-not-attach-much-importance-to-america-s-bombs-i-attach/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [Ignorance is always afraid of change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/ignorance-is-always-afraid-of-change/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/at-the-dawn-of-history-india-started-on-her-unending-quest-and/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/it-is-far-better-to-know-our-own-weaknesses-and-failures-than-to/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [“Time is not measured by the passing of yaers but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/time-is-not-measured-by-the-passing-of-yaers-but-by-what-one-does/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere following Gandhi's assassination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/the-light-has-gone-out-of-our-lives-and-there-is-darkness-everywhere/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

> [Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/democracy-and-socialism-are-means-to-an-end-not-the-end-itself/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

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