Kiran Bedi Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

Empowered women who reach tough or unconventional positions make CHOICES not sacrifices

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

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

Ethics, decency and morality are the real soldiers

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

Crime is a product of a distorted mind.

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

I do not believe in living in either the future or the past.

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

Crimes happen, but some are preventable.

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

Every challenge has its own unique problems.

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

Let eternal vigilance be the price of liberty and integrity of the country hereafter.

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

Crime prevention has to become a first priority.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I am a Gemini. We have split personalities. While at work, I am fully in it. I can be attached yet very detached. I have no feelings of remorse.

You cannot just exercise your rights and get away without performing your responsibilities. Understand that it should not be about 'me' but rather 'us.'

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.

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

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.

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.

Many years ago, when I was born in the '50s - '50s and '60s didn't belong to girls in India. They belonged to boys. They belonged to boys who would join business and inherit business from parents, and girls would be dolled up to get married.

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.

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 Draft Model Police Act of 2006, as part of police reforms, provided for Special Security Zones to be created in the red corridor, which is a common development area. That means bringing together diverse political components but working through a coordinated bureaucracy.