1. “I see no reason why India should stay behind. It is decided we will move ahead.”
2. “We did not get the opportunity to die for the nation or spend our youth in jail during the freedom struggle. But we can surely live for the nation.”
3. “Illness is a big burden on the poor. There is no greater service to the poor than focusing on cleanliness.”
4. “Mother India has got 2,500 million arms of which 2000 million arms are of young people. They have dreams, they are full of energy, they have the capacity to etch things in stone.”
5. “In Australia people speak with the same respect to a doctor as with a driver. This dignity of labour is something to learn from. In India the garbage collector is called the "kachchra wala". "But he in reality is removing the filth... our mentality needs to change."