8 Mahatma Gandhi Quotes on Strength

Mahatma Gandhi quotes on strength

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

17. To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?

57. Truth is hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.

140. Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but nobody is willing to put in the work necessary to achieve these goals

169. I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.

199. Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.

215. The fight of Satyagraha is for the strong in spirit, not the doubter or the timid. Satyagraha teaches us the art of living as well as dying.

254. If you have a sword in your breast take it out and use it like a man.