Read the word "Requested" not "Ordered" in first para of the link.....and

Mahatma Gandhi regarded himself as average man. He laid no claim to be either a saint or a mahatma. He declared with humility:

"I claim to be no more than an average man with less than average ability. Nor can I claim any special merit for such non-violence or continence as I have been able to reach with laborious research. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith. Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit."

But we all know that none from us are having enough courage to follow his daily Resolution which was part of his daily prayer and he followed it through out his life

I shall not fear anyone on earth
I shall fear only God
I shall not bear ill toward anyone
I shall not submit to injustice from anyone
I shall conquer untruth by truth
And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering