At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. Jawaharlal Nehru

The essential thing in religion is making the heart pure. The kingdom of heaven is within us but only pure heart can see the king! Bhagat Singh

We are Indians, firstly and lastly. B.R. Ambedkar

Freedom is not given - it is taken. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

We have believed and we do believe now that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible. Indira Gandhi

A country's greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race. Sarojini Naidu

Saluting India! Where each bud blooms in its true colours Where each day is celebration of unity, harmony and synthesis.