Independence Day 2021 | Words of wisdom from India’s freedom fighters that resonate even today
India will celebrated its 75th Independence Day on August 15, 2021. India’s freedom fighters fought a long battle to free the country from the British. As we remembers their sacrifices and struggle for country’s freedom, let’s take a look at some great quotes from them that resonate even today.
"Who lives if India dies?" - quote by first prime minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. (Image: News18 Creative)
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"Satyamev Jayate" - quote by Madan Mohan Malviya.
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"The sword of revolution sharpened on the whetting-stones of ideas" - quote by Bhagat Singh. (Image: News18 Creative)
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"One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives" - quote by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. (Image: News18 Creative)
“A ‘No’ uttered from deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble” - quote by Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. (Image: News18 Creative)
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“We want deeper sincerity of motive, a great courage in speech and earnestness in action” - quote by Sarojini Naidu. (Image: News18 Creative)
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“In attaining our ideals, our means should be as pure as the end” - quote by Dr. Rajendra Prasad. (Image: News18 Creative)
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“Don’t see others doing better than you, beat your own records everyday, because success is a fight between you and yourself” - quote by Chandra Shekhar Azad. (Image: News18 Creative)
“Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act” - quote by Annie Besant. (Image: News18 Creative)
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“So long as you do not achieve social liverty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you” - quote by B.R. Ambedkar. (Image: News18 Creative)
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“If things go wrong under the new Constitution, the reason will not be that we had a bad Constitution. What we will have to say is that Man was vile” - quote by B.R. Ambedkar. (Image: News18 Creative)
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“Citizenship consists in the service of the country” - quote by Jawaharlal Nehru. (Image: News18 Creative)
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“Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit if always the spirit of Age” - quote by B.R. Ambedkar. (Image: News18 Creative)
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“Every citizen of India must remember that… he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain …duties” - quote by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. (Image: News18 Creative)