Mahatma Gandhi Quotes on Man (9 Quotes)

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.

What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells.

Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.

To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

I claim to be no more than an average man with less than average abilities. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.

H. G. Wells was not the only one to mention Churchill and Hitler in the same breath 'Churchill and Hitler are striving to change the nature of their respective countrymen by forcing and hammering violent methods on them. Man may be suppressed in this manner but he cannot be changed. Ahimsa non-violence in the Hindu tradition, on the other hand, can change human nature and sooner than men like Churchill and Hitler.'

No man could be actively nonviolent and not rise against social injustice, no matter where it occurred.