12 Mahatma Gandhi Quotes on Character

Mahatma Gandhi quotes on character

12. I wanted to know the best of the life of one (Muhammad) who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind. I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.

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

49. A man of truth must also be a man of care.

89. As a man eats so shall he become.

97. True beauty consists in purity of heart.

100. Man is man because he capable of and only in so far as exercises self restraint.

106. I always gave first place to building of character.

125. Ahimsa is the furthest limit of humility.

130. A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

193. Man is the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

198. Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being.

259. Generations to come, it may be, will scarcely believe that such a one, as this, ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.