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Quotation Wednesday -The Mahatma Gandhi Edition

by the messy optimist

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

“A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”

“To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever.”

“Violence is not a Solution.”

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”

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