Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi ( 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "high-souled", "venerable") – applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa – is now used worldwide. In India, he is known as 'Bapu' (Gujarati: endearment for father) and is considered as the Father of the Nation due to his selfless contribution towards India's struggle for Independence from the British rule.
Here are some of the most popular Mahatma Gandhi quotes to inspire you to greatness:
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
"A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes."
"Without action, you aren’t going anywhere."
"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."
" I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals."
"The future depends on what you do today."
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems."
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever."
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
"Change yourself – you are in control."
“We will become who we are meant to become.”
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
"Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world but being able to remake ourselves."
"What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror refection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
"To lose patience is to lose the battle."
“It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business."
"An ounce of practice is worth a thousand words."
"You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results."
“If you want real peace in the world, start with children."
"Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people."
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not even one man's greed."
"A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else.”
"The good man is the friend of all living things."
"You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind."
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.”
