Most things, except agriculture, can wait

The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.

Play the hand you're dealt.

We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

When you imitate the enemy's tactics, you take on his liabilities.