My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group there was much less competition.
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Indira Gandhi
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About Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who twice served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC). Gandhi also served as chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) from 1983 to 1984, becoming the first Indian to hold the position. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, th…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Indira GandhiThere are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group there is less competition there.
A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
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Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.