Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC to 275 BC)

Chanakya's Quotes

"A person should not be too honest.

Straight trees are cut first

And Honest people are screwed first."

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"Even if a snake is not poisonous,

It should pretend to be venomous."

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  "The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody.  If you cannot keep secret with you , do not expect that other will keep it. ! It will destroy you."

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"There is some self-interest behind every friendship.

There is no Friendship without self-interests.

This is a bitter truth."

 
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"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."

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

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"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."

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"The fragrance of flowers spreads

Only in the direction of the wind.

But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."

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"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
 

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"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."

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"Education is the best friend.

An educated person is respected everywhere.

Education beats the beauty and the youth."


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The Secret...........

The Secret

One day, one friend asked another,

"How is it that you are always so happy?

You have so much energy,

and you never seem to get down."

With her eyes smiling, she said,

"I know the Secret!"

"What secret is that?"

To which she replied,

"I'll tell you all about it,

but you have to promise to

share the Secret with others."

"The Secret is this:

I have learned there is little I can do

in my life that will make me truly happy.

I must depend on God to make

me happy and to meet my needs.

When a need arises in my life,

I have to trust God to supply

according to HIS riches.

I have learned most of the time

I don't need half of what I think I do.

He has never let me down.

Since I learned that 'Secret', I am happy."

The questioner's first thought was,

"That's too simple!"

But upon reflecting over her own life

she recalled how she thought a bigger house

would make her happy, but it didn't!

She thought a better paying job

would make her happy, but it hadn't.

When did she realize her greatest happiness?

Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren,

playing games, eating pizza or reading a story,

a simple gift from God.

Now you know it too!

We can't depend on people to make us happy.

Only GOD in His infinite wisdom can do that.

Trust HIM!

And now I pass the Secret on to you!

So once you get it, what will you do?

YOU have to tell someone the Secret, too!

That GOD in His wisdom will take care of YOU!

But it's not really a secret...

We just have to believe it and do it...

Really trust God!

In everything you do, put GOD first, and he will direct

you and crown your effort with success.