Quotes from Kiran Bedi

My day begins early in the morning when I go for a morning walk and ends when I feel that I am tired.

I had a clear vision: if I take up an assignment, I'll do full justice to it; otherwise I'll walk away.

The media has a key role to play in ending corruption.

Certain crimes cannot be prevented unless there is a daily collective work done diligently.

Without a beat officer system, there can be no crime prevention or supportive investigation. This is the very foundation of sound policing. It is the beat officer who connects with the common man on a daily basis and is the five senses of his area.

I believe in prayer. I believe in gratitude and serving people.

My policing was nothing but activism - it had to be.

My motto in life is that nothing is impossible, no target unachievable - one just has to try harder and harder.

When I was growing up, government was the agent of change: it was a developing country. What was important was to make a difference.

I haven't seen a single institution in the corporate world operating smoothly without a HR team.

Life is on an incline; you either go up, or you come down.

Crimes happen, but some are preventable.

Crime prevention has to become a first priority.

Corrupt bureaucrats and cops ought to dismissed or compulsorily retired from service, as they are a drain on the service. Their performance must be vigorously assessed.

Policing is an integral part of governance. It is a whole, but it is also a part of the larger whole. Just like a human organ like the head, it's got intelligence, stamina, strategy and surveillance. But it cannot function independently in the absence of other life-sustaining organs.

The moment you design the post of a HR manager in the police, your whole outlook towards your team changes. You designate an official to look after their health, their professional needs, their preparedness and motivation, which in most cases becomes quintessential.

I do not need any rest. I enjoy my work, and at work, I rest. I rest with my good work.

My first day in the police was July 16, 1972. I was the only woman in the IPS. I remember getting a lot of questions. Are you sure you want to do this? Have you thought about your family? Why did you choose to be here? There was a lot of amazement and doubt.

People who do not take charge of their lives are lathi-charged by time.

When governance improves, there will be less have-nots and more haves.

Don't avoid doing something wondering what its consequences may be. Give it a thought, break it down, and consider what really may happen rather than not do it at all.

I joined the Indian Police Service as a tough woman, a woman with indefatigable stamina, because I used to run for my tennis titles, etc.

The focus is what is right before you - to give it your best. It sows the seeds of tomorrow.

If I could, I would never walk. I would just jog or, even better, run.