Chanakya’s Quotes

• A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are victimized first.

• Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

• The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody ! It will destroy you.

• There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is the bitter truth.

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

• As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

• Once you start working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

• the fragrance of the flower spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

• A man becomes great by deeds, not by birth.

• 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.

• Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror to a blind person.

• Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.