Mahatma Gandhi Quotes about Effort

It is for us to make the effort. The result is always in God's hands.

It is for us to make the effort. The result is always in God's hands.

Mahatma Gandhi

Hands, Effort, Results

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

Full effort is full victory.

Mahatma Gandhi

Persistence, Effort, Victory

Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.154, A&C Black

What may appear as truth to one person will often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry the seeker. When there is honest effort, it will be realised that what appears to be different truths are like apparently different countless leaves of the same tree.

Mahatma Gandhi

Healing, Worry, Effort

"Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi".

But you can wake a man only if he is really asleep. No effort that you make will produce any effect upon him if he is merely pretending sleep.

Mahatma Gandhi

Sleep, Men, Effort

Mahatma Gandhi (2008). “My Experiments With Truth: An Autobiography”, p.477, Jaico Publishing House

I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.

Mahatma Gandhi

God, Anger, Effort

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”

My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith.

Mahatma Gandhi

Faith, Effort, Followers

Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.223, Tara Publishing

No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.

Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer, Blessing, Effort

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.32, Courier Corporation

Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.

Mahatma Gandhi

Effort, Progress, Obedience

Mahatma Gandhi (1971). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

Non-co-operation and civil disobedience in terms of Swaraj are not to be thought of without substantial constructive effort.

Mahatma Gandhi

Effort, Operations, Term

Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “Collected Works”

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

Mahatma Gandhi

Vaccines, Effort, Action

Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gita: The Mother”, Lahore, India : Indian Printing Works

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

Mahatma Gandhi

Struggle, Moral Growth, Effort

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

Great causes cannot be served by intellectual equipment alone, they call for spiritual effort of soul-force.

Mahatma Gandhi

Spiritual, Effort, Soul

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

Indeed the very word, nonviolence, a negative word, means that it is an effort to abandon the violence that is inevitable in life.

Mahatma Gandhi

Mean, Negative Words, Effort

Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “Panchayat Raj”

Freedom received though the efforts of others, however benevolent, cannot be retained when such effort is withdrawn.

Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom, Effort, Benevolent

There is already enough superstition in our country. No effort should be spared to resist further addition in the shape of Gandhi worship.

Mahatma Gandhi

Country, Effort, Shapes

Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”