Non-Violence

"I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Progess

"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Progress

"Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Glory

"Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Courage

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Faith

"Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Personal Take:
To me, faith is one of the strongest bonds one can have and is one that a person must ponder and actively think about before accepting it.  Faith is synonymous with trust.  Neither is to be given blindly or taken lightly. 

Truth

"Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Personal Take:
Amen!  Too bad there aren't very many people in the world that, seemingly, still believe in the truth being told.  It would be a much better place if it were.

Peace

"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Development

"Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position."

-  Mohandas Gandh


Personal Take:
As I walk through the experience that is life, I often find myself changing my viewpoints on many things.  Yet I sometimes question others on why their opinions have changed, especially those in public office.  It is important, in my opinion, to remember that everyone's perspective changes in time.  Those who claim it does not are people that I am most leery of.

Confession

"Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession."

-  Mohandas Gandhi


Commentary:
Regardless of the consequences of my errors, apologizing and clearing my conscience has nearly always the best route to take for all involved parties.  There have only been a handful of occasions in which this was not the case.  However, fear of confession has stopped me many times from doing things that I otherwise might have done and later was thankful that I did not.

Capital

"Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Judgment

"Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Self

"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Practice

"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Fundamentals

"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Action

"Action expresses priorities."

-  Mohandas Gandhi

Strength

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

-- Mohandas Gandhi

Peace

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

-- Mohandas Gandhi

Happiness

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

-- Mohandas Gandhi

The Still Voice Within

"The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within."

-- Mohandas Gandhi