I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people ... I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.

There is not love where there is no will.

I'm certainly not tired - work doesn't tire people, it's getting bored that's tiring.

Whether when I was a child and fought the British in the Monkey brigade, or when I was a girl and wanted to have children, or when I was a woman and devoted myself to my father, making my husband angry. Each time I stayed involved all the way in my decision, and took the consequences. Even if I was fighting for things that didn't concern India.