Gandhi Jayanti 2020: Top 10 most inspiring quotes of all time

On October 2nd, 2020, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi also known as Mahatma Gandhi celebrates his 151st birth anniversary, the man who united India and led us towards freedom from the shackles of the British raj. He is also known as the world as one of history’s most inspirational and great leaders.

‘The Father of the Nation’ was a firm believer in God and called himself a Sanatani Hindu. Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women’s rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and above all for attaining Swaraj.

Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat. This day, every year is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence. On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birthday, here are the top 10 quotes by the ‘Father of the Nation.’

Mahatma Gandhi Quotes:

1.  “My patriotism is nothing special. It’s all-embracing and I should reject the patriotism that has tried to overcome the crisis or exploitation of other nationalities.”

2. “The non-violent soldier of freedom will do nothing for himself, he only fights for the freedom of his country.”

3. “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”

4. “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people.”

5. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

6.  “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

7. “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”

8. “Indeed one’s faith in one’s plans and methods is truly tested when the horizon before one is the blackest”

9.  “Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.”

10. “Those who know how to think need no teachers.”

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