Quote

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jawaharlal Nehru
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: November 14
Died: 1964
Died: May 27
Autobiographer
Barrister
Former Prime Minister Of India
Politician
Statesperson
Trade Unionist
Writer
Prayag
Panditji
Nehru
Chacha Nehru
Pandit Nehru
Agitation
Purely
Consideration
Subject
Subjects
Attitude
Enough
Good
Detailed

More quotes by Jawaharlal Nehru

Image
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance it is not so bad if you have a close look at it
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country's spirit.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
The Ganga to me is the symbol of India's memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
I have always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be done and what should not be done, is not to give a sermon, but to talk and discuss, and out of discussion sometimes a little bit of truth comes out.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
It is always more difficult to fight one's own failings than the power of an adversary.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
Science and technology have freed humanity from many burdens and given us this new perspective and great power. This power can be used for the good of all. If wisdom governs our actions but if the world is mad or foolish, it can destroy itself just when great advances and triumphs are almost without its grasp.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
When you imitate the enemy's tactics, you take on his liabilities.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
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
Image
When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Image
India has known the innocence and insouciance of childhood, the passion and abandon of youth, and the ripe wisdom of maturity that comes from long experience of pain and pleasure and over and over a gain she has renewed her childhood and youth and age
Jawaharlal Nehru