Gandhi

As a young man, Mahatma Gandhi was asked what he wanted to achieve from life.

He stated that one of his ambitions was to create an ashram. When asked what an ashram was, Gandhi replied by saying that an ashram was a place of peace and equality and it could mean a village or it could mean the whole world.

The reporter responded by telling Gandhi that he was an ambitious man. Gandhi simply stated that he hoped not.

The main reason why successful people achieve their goals is because they believe that they are going to achieve them. Their strong sense of conviction is what gives them the drive and motivation to act and the strength to persevere when they are faced with challenges.

We are all different, we have different backgrounds, a different needs balance and, due to this, seek for different things in life.

Nobody understood this more effectively than Gandhi.

Throughout his life, Gandhi never based his judgements on what others thought or felt about things.

In stead, he took it as his own responsibility to experiment with truth and to find out what was good for him and what was bad for him.

Throughout life, many people bend their principles and their personalities to fit around liking what is popular or regarded as superior.

One of the most important concepts that man has ever introduced is the power of decisions.

The word decision, in its original Latin root, means to cut off from any other situation.

Consequently, a decision is something that must be fulfilled. It is an obligation to oneself and to others.

Throughout history, we have seen how some simple decisions have led to great events. Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to the Civil Rights movement in America.

Similarly, Mahatma Gandhi's decision not to resort to violence defeated the greatest empire the world had seen.

One of the most influential people of the 20th Century was Mahatma Gandhi.

Gandhi's strongest characteristic was his constant commitment to peace, no matter how he was dealt with.

Gandhi had a very interesting philosophy that we should all practice.

He believed that you must first become the change you want to see. If you want to live in a peaceful world, you must first become peaceful. If you want to live in an ethical world, you must first become ethical.

By doing this, you become an inspiration. You become the light that others follow to make the world the place that you want it to become.

In his book, What's your Purpose?', Richard Jacobs writes about an interesting incident in the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

One day, a lady came to Gandhi and asked him an interesting request.

She asked Gandhi to tell her child to stop eating sweets.

Gandhi's reply was equally as unusual. He asked her to come back with her child in two weeks.

Two weeks had passed when the lady returned to Gandhi with her child.

One day, Mahatma Gandhi was traveling from village to village collecting for the Charkha Sangh fund.

One of the villages that he visited was called Orissa.

Upon hearing Gandhi's speech, an old woman struggled to get to the front so that she could meet Gandhi.

When she got to meet Gandhi, she took out a small copper coin and gave it to him.

The Charkha Sangh fund was managed by another gentleman called Jamnalal Bajaj.