Chanakya's Quotes

Ishan forwared me these quotes... on practicality


Enjoy...


* 1) "Learn from the mistakes of others... you can't live long enough to
make them all yourselves!! "
- Chanakya

2)"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and
Honest people are screwed first."
- Chanakya

3)"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."
Chanakya

4)"The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. It
will destroy you."
- Chanakya

5)"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no
friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."
- Chanakya

6)" Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am
I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when
you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go
ahead."
- Chanakya

7)"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
- Chanakya

8)"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."
- Chanakya

9)"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and
don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
- Chanakya

10)"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But
the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
- Chanakya

11)"God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is
your temple."
- Chanakya

12) "A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
- Chanakya

13) "Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status.
Such friendships will never give you any happiness."
- Chanakya

14) "Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next
five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a
friend. Your grown up children are your best friends."
- Chanakya

15) "Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind
person."
- Chanakya

16) "Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected
everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."
-Chanakya