First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.

Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

Topics: Ridicule Quotes, Social Change Quotes, World Quotes

Wisdom is scar tissue in disguise.

Wisdom is scar tissue in disguise.

Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.

Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.

Happiness is: Looking in a mirror and liking what you see

Happiness is: Looking in a mirror and liking what you see

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority of other faiths to one's own

Tolerance implies a gratuitous assumption of the inferiority of other faiths to one's own

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes...

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes...

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures...

It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures...

Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you

Good government is no substitute for self-government

Good government is no substitute for self-government

In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone...

In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their...

Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.

Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

Hark to the whimper of the seagull. / He weeps because he's not an ea-gull....

Hark to the whimper of the seagull. / He weeps because he's not an ea-gull....