Happy Republic Day 2023 quotes from freedom fighters

India will register another milestone when the country will celebrate its 74th Republic Day on January 26, 2023. India’s path to freedom and becoming a sovereign democracy was anything but a bed of roses. The sacrifices of thousands of patriots made our freedom possible. Thus, to celebrate India’s Republic Day, here’s a look at some of the inspiring quotes from freedom fighters that you can share and take pride in our history, heritage and achievements.

Happy Republic Day 2023 quotes from freedom fighters

"Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India." -- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi

"Give me blood, I will give you freedom." - Subhas Chandra Bose

"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi

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

"Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men." - BR Ambedkar

"The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of British rule in India." -- Lala Lajpat Rai

"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark." - Rabindranath Tagore

"If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland." -- Chandra Shekhar Azad

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf." - Rabindranath Tagore

"Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom." -- Jawaharlal Nehru

"The sanctity of law can be maintained only so as long as it is the expression of the will of the people." - Bhagat Singh

"We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world." -- Lal Bahadur Shastri

“Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.” - Jawaharlal Nehru

"Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it." - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

“One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.” - Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

"You must be the change you want to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

“But a man's duty is to try and endeavour, success depends upon chance and environments.” - Bhagat Singh

"Every Indian should now forget that he is a Rajput, a Sikh, or a Jat. He must remember that he is an Indian." - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

“By common endeavor, we can raise the country to a new greatness, while a lack of unity will expose us to fresh calamities”. - Sardar Patel

"Freedom is not given, it is taken," - Subhash Chandra Bose

“So long as you do not achieve social justice, whatever freedom is provided by the law to you will be of no avail.” - B.R. Ambedkar

“Bombs and pistols do not make revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting stone of ideas.” - Bhagat Singh

“The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision.” - Mahatma Gandhi

"We must not for a moment forget, it is a birthright of every individual to receive at least the basic education without which he cannot fully discharge his duties as a citizen.” - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

“Every tiny molecule of Ash is in motion with my heat I am such a Lunatic that I am free even in Jail.” - Bhagat Singh

“Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, provided love be love.” - Bhagat Singh

“Non-violence has to be observed in thought, word and deed. The measure of our non-violence will be the measure of our success.” - Sardar Patel

“In attaining our ideals, our means should be as pure as the end!” - Rajendra Prasad

“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.” - Mahatma Gandhi