- By Priyanka Munshi
- Sun, 21 Apr 2024 07:46 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
National Civil Service Day 2024: This special day holds significant importance as it recognizes and respects the invaluable contributions made by civil servants to the country's growth and development. Today is a day to honor and celebrate the dedication, integrity, and hard work of civil servants who uphold the principles of good governance and serve the public. It's an opportunity to acknowledge their achievements in implementing policies, delivering essential services, and addressing the needs of the public across various sectors, including social welfare, healthcare, and education.
On National Civil Service Day, it's also important to reflect on the challenges faced by civil servants and to encourage greater efficiency, accountability, and innovation in public service delivery. The civil service department plays a crucial role in the government due to its large number of officers and their smooth functioning across various departments nationwide.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first home minister of independent India, designated April 21 as National Civil Service Day in 1947, referring to public servants as the "steel frame of India." To further make this day special, we have selected a few motivational quotes from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for you to contemplate, adding unique significance to this occasion.
Motivational And Inspirational Quotes By Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The main task before India today is to consolidate herself into a well-knit and united power.
So long as you do not know how to die it is useless for you to learn how to kill. India will not be benefited by brutal force. If India is to be benefited it will be through non-violence.
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Young men and women are to build up a strong character. A nation's greatness was reflected in the character of the people. If it was sullied by selfishness, such a people could not prosper or achieve great things. Selfishness had its place in life as everyone had to look to his own needs and that of his family, but it could not made the be-all and end-all of life.
Two ways of building character-cultivating strength to challenge oppression, and tolerate the resultant hardships that give rise to courage and awareness.
Ours is a non-violent war, it is Dharma Yuddha.
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The war started by Mahatmaji is against two things-the Government and secondly against one self. The former kind of war is closed, but the latter shall never cease. It is meant for self-purification
One can take the path of revolution but the revolution should not give a shock to the society. There is no place for violence in revolution.
Non-violence has to be observed in thought, word and deed. The measure of our non-violence will be the measure of our success.
Satyagraha is not a creed for the weak or the cowardly.
Gandhi's ten lines had greater force than a hundred- page memorandum.
The stiffer the opponent the more should our affection go out to him. That is the significance of Satyagraha.
In this country which won the freedom only yesterday, it is impossible to make progress unless we first restore order. On the top of it came partition which made our task difficult.
The first requirement in the country was external and internal security. You cannot have any plan unless there is security.
We must review the extent of the action taken, the success or failure achieved for ensuring final and complete annihilation of those subversive forces.
In India subversive association known as the Communist Party we have, by our vigilance and the effective counter-measures taken from time to time succeeded in strictly localizing these activities.
There is nothing to be gained from the loyalty of a cowardly and cringing public. The brave man, who has inspired this fight however, is capable of converting the cowardly into the bravest of persons.
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There are some young men who believe that in this country there should be Hindu Raj and that Hindu culture alone has a place in India. Gandhiji was fighting against that mad idea, he said our salvation depended on unity.
For the first time we have got adult franchise and unless the people exercise or are able to exercise their franchise in a proper intelligent manner, the working of the democracy would be difficult and we stand to lose a great deal.
In a democratic set-up we must have freedom of the Press, freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of association and all kinds of freedom.
Our freedom has been achieved through the sacrifice of millions of people. It will be a poor return for those sacrifices if we surrender that liberty and submit to the threats of those who work for a foreign organization.