Quotes from Narendra Modi

Only If there is devotion to knowledge, the 21st century will become India's century and the foundation of that will be laid by the 'Vanche Gujarat' movement.

International Yoga Day is a reflection of the largest knowledge based peoples' movement the world has ever seen.

My experience is that Delhi behaves the way the leadership defines.

Each one of us has both; good and evil virtues. Those who decide to focus on the good ones succeed in life.

In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.

Indians invest more in Britain than in the rest of European Union combined. It is not because they want to save on interpretation costs, but because they find an environment that is welcoming and familiar.

I will only say that many freedom fighters of India found their calling in the institutions of Britain. And many makers of modern India, including several of my distinguished predecessors, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr. Manmohan Singh, passed through their doors.

I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

International summits and organisations like WTO take decisions, which will bind us, and if we are not present in such summits, we may be hurt by the decisions taken.

I'm committed to the people of Gujarat. I will devote each and every moment to serve my people of Gujarat.

Indians felt despondent about Indian governance. Changing that atmosphere of gloom was a very challenging task, and I faced many difficulties in rectifying the situation and bringing back confidence and hope.

In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.

By getting an opportunity to serve society, we get a chance to repay our debt.

The government's job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.

We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.

I am most familiar with the Gujarati language.

America has absorbed people from around the world, and there is an Indian in every part of the world. This characterizes both the societies. Indians and Americans have co-existed in their natural temperament.

In order to make India prosperous, all sections and regions of the society needed to be prosperous.

The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.

The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a thing of beauty, which is something we are extremely proud of.

We should pass the U.N.'s Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. At least it will clearly establish whom you view as a terrorist and whom you don't. We need to delink terrorism from religion - to isolate terrorists who use this interchange of arguments between terrorism and religion.

Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?

Unity in diversity is India's strength. There is simplicity in every Indian. There is unity in every corner of India. This is our strength.

The BJP is an optimistic party. Our strength and our democratic values are such that even a poor person from a backward section - like me - has been nominated as a Prime Ministerial candidate.