Jawahar Lal Nehru was known for his love for children and how he used to see the potential in children and youth of becoming the India’s future. It was this vision of the first prime minister of the independent India, which made his birthday the day of the nation’s children.

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As he used to say, “Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.”

Here are 10 of my favorite quotes by Jawahar Lal Nehru which according to me, should be known and felt by each and every child.

1. Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.

2. Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

3. Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

4. The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

5. To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

6. Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.

7. Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.

8. The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

9. Great causes and little men go ill together.

10. The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.