India Quotes

India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.

If God had so wished, he would have made all Indians speak with one language ... the unity of India has been and shall always be a unity in diversity.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

If you want to know India, study Vivekananda. In him everything is positive and nothing negative.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

Some prominent aviation museums across India including the HAL Museum in Bangalore, the Indian Air Force Museum in Delhi and the Naval Aviation Museum in Goa which are storehouses of information.

What makes life in Indian organizations difficult is the widespread prevalence of this very contemptuous pride. It stops us from listening to our juniors.

If parents and teachers show the required dedication to shape the lives of the young, India would get a new life.

India's struggle for technological self sufficiency and defensive autonomy-a story as much about politics, domestic and international, as it is about science.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.

India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.

Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.

I was in high school when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled India's flag in New Delhi.

We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.

For 2,500 years, India has never invaded anybody.

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?