Chanakya's Quotes - Worth Learning

Sangam (CA) (1329 Points)

07 December 2009  

 Chanakya's Quotes - Worth Learning 

 

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"A person should not be too honest. 

Straight trees are cut first 

and Honest people are screwed first.."

Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75 BC) 

 

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"Even if a snake is not poisonous, 

it should pretend to be venomous."

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

 

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

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

 

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"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. 

There is noFriendship without self-interests. 

This is a bitter truth."

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

 

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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.."

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

 

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

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

 

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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."

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

 

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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."

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

 

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"Whores don't live in company of poor men, 

citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits."

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

 

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"God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. 

The soul is your temple."

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

 

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

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

 

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"Never make friends with people 

who are above or below you in status. 

Such friendships will never give you any happiness."

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

 

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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."

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

 

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"Books are as useful to a stupid person 

as a mirror is useful to a blind person.."

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

 

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"Education is the best friend. 

An educated person is respected everywhere. 

Education beats the beauty and the youth."

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