Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Baba Amte

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian activist Baba Amte.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Baba Amte, was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from leprosy. He has received numerous awards and prizes including the Padma Vibhushan, the Dr. Ambedkar International Award, the Gandhi Peace Prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Templeton Prize and the Jamnalal Bajaj Award. He is also known as the modern Gandhi of India.

Indian - Activist | December 26, 1914 - February 9, 2008

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Happiness dies when not shared

Baba Amte

Happiness is a continuous creative activity of imaginatively comparing your experiences to things that aren't as good and thereby feeling happy and grateful.

Baba Amte

I don't want to be a leader. I want to be one who goes around with a little oil can and offer help when I see a breakdown.

Baba Amte

If you are through with dreams, then progress halts.

Baba Amte

I took up leprosy work. Not to help anyone, but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others was a by-product. But the fact is: I did it to overcome fear.

Baba Amte

Joy is more infectious than leprosy.

Baba Amte

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see, I sought my god, but my god eluded me; And then I sought my sisters and my brothers, and in them I found all three.

Baba Amte

I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can and when he sees a breakdown, offers his help. To me, the man who does that is greater than any holy man in saffron-colored robes. The mechanic with the oil can: that is my ideal in life.

Baba Amte

The future belongs to the common man with uncommon determination.

Baba Amte

Once you are in the orbit of your destiny, weightlessness is the only result.

Baba Amte

Happiness is a continuous creative activity.

Baba Amte