Lal Bahadur Shastri Quotes

What, pray, does it profit a man to teach others, and to be prating always about virtue, in high-sounding words, if he fails to give heed to his own instructions?

I know I've done good things, I know I've done bad things.

I've actually apologized to some people I was a real jerk to, because I feel ashamed. I didn't need to be that hungry. There was something going on inside me when I was angry and feeling very threatened and not feeling good about myself.

I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.

I know that in my public life I fell below the standards that I had set myself... I have seen what is wrong but not done enough to put it right. I have been more critical than correct.

I'm a hypocrite, of course, and I live with that, but I live.

I have not been the witness I wanted to be.

We all have them, those parts of us that are the greatest parts of us and the worst parts of us. Sometimes we're put in circumstances and bad choices are made.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.

I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.

I think we all suffer from guilt at some point in our lives, but for the most part I never really regret, and I try to always remain positive. Yes, I think that those issues are very interesting to play in a character, and they're prominent issues in life, and I think people can relate to them.

I'm not perfect in my walk but I want to do the right thing.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

Anyone can identify with those moments in life where circumstances or people inform us that we've strayed from the path of our better nature and intentions. We know what that's like, and we resist it - so as not to feel like we're bad people.

Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes.

I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.

I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.

It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me.