Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Character

• 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.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Faith, Hope

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.30, Courier Corporation

• My life is my message.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Yoga

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.8, Oxford University Press

• Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Strength, Leadership

• Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

• The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

• The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Character, Sisterhood

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.139, Courier Corporation

• If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Leadership, Faith, Character

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gandhigrams”

• Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Character, Sound, Able

  Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

• In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Honesty, Character, Sacrifice

• Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Loneliness, Character

• One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Honesty, Integrity, Character

  Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

• What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Character, Letters, Ends

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

• The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Character, Civilization, Culture

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

• One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Mahatma Gandhi (1927). “Young India”

• All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Character, Would Be

  "Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore".

• Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Character, Suffering, Sorrow

  Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

• The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Educational, Character

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.226, Rajpal & Sons

• If you will express the requisite purity of character in action, you cannot do it better than through the spinning wheel.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Character, Spinning, Wheels

  Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

• A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Character, Vow, Firmness

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.57, Courier Corporation

• Men of stainless character and self purification will easily inspire confidence and automatically purify the atmosphere around them.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Character, Men, Self

  Mahatma Gandhi (1970). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• Whatever may be the pros and cons of going to the public theatre, it is a patent fact that it has undermined the morals and ruined the character of many a youth in his country.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Country, Character, Theatre

  Mahatma Gandhi (1970). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Character, Self

  Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

• Character alone will have real effect on the masses.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Character, Mass

• No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the test of reason, will survive the coming reconstruction of society in which the values will have changed and character, not possession of wealth, title or birth, will be the test of merit.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Character, Religion, Tests

  Mahatma Gandhi (1993). “Gandhi on Nehru”

• The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock-exchange market. We want to provide only such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Girl, Real, Educational

  Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “True Education”

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