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Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.

Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Sound, Able
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the test of reason, will survive the coming reconstruction of society in which the values will have changed and character, not possession of wealth, title or birth, will be the test of merit.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Religion, Tests
Mahatma Gandhi (1993). “Gandhi on Nehru”

In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character.

Mahatma Gandhi
Honesty, Character, Sacrifice

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

Mahatma Gandhi
Real, Character, Sisterhood
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.139, Courier Corporation

A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Reflection, People
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.158, Courier Corporation

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

Mahatma Gandhi
Honesty, Integrity, Character
Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Civilization, Culture
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Character, Would Be
"Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore".

What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Letters, Ends
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Loneliness, Character

If you will express the requisite purity of character in action, you cannot do it better than through the spinning wheel.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Spinning, Wheels
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

Whatever may be the pros and cons of going to the public theatre, it is a patent fact that it has undermined the morals and ruined the character of many a youth in his country.

Mahatma Gandhi
Country, Character, Theatre
Mahatma Gandhi (1970). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities.

Mahatma Gandhi
Real, Educational, Character
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.226, Rajpal & Sons

Men of stainless character and self purification will easily inspire confidence and automatically purify the atmosphere around them.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Men, Self
Mahatma Gandhi (1970). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Men, Doe
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.107, Courier Corporation

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Men, Given
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

Character alone will have real effect on the masses.

Mahatma Gandhi
Real, Character, Mass

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

Mahatma Gandhi
Leadership, Faith, Character
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gandhigrams”

Those who think religion has nothing to do with politics understand neither religion or politics... The things that will destroy us are: politics without principles, pleasures without conscience, knowledge without character, business without morality.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Thinking, Principles

A dissolute character is more dissolute in thought than in deed. And the same is true of violence. Our violence in word and deed is but a feeble echo of the surging violence of thought in us.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Echoes, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Character, Self
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Suffering, Sorrow
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Vow, Firmness
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.57, Courier Corporation