Chanakya Quotes

Chanakya
Chanakya
Indian Politician
Died: 275 BC
Good Man Mind People Wise You
Related authors: Amit Shah B. R. Ambedkar Kapil Sibal Narendra Modi Piyush Goyal Pratibha Patil Sharad Pawar Subramanian Swamy
A man is great by deeds, not by birth. Chanakya
Great Man Birth Deeds
A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night. Chanakya
Good Day Morning Mother Wife Husband Sister Pleases Good Wife Like Him Does Loves Who Serve Her Night
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first. Chanakya
People First Too Trees Person Screwed Straight Cut Should Honest Honest People
A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode. Chanakya
Alone Good Man Karma Hell Consequences Bad Abode Born He Supreme His Goes Dies Experiences Good And Bad
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions. Chanakya
Good Wind Goodness Fragrance Direction Only Directions Spreads Person Flowers
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. Chanakya
Friendship Truth Every Bitter Bitter Truth Some Without Self-Interest Behind
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. Chanakya
Venomous Snake Pretend Poisonous Should Even
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth. Chanakya
Education Best Youth Beauty Respected Everywhere Best Friend Beats Educated Friend Person
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. Chanakya
Fear Approaches Destroy Attack Soon Near
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
Work Failure You People Once Abandon Something Sincerely Afraid Happiest Working Who Start
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
Time Best Treat First Kid Darling Like Scold Years Friend Up Friends Five Sixteen Children Them Turn Next Your Grown Grown-Up By The Time
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
Work You Yourself Will Three Before Think Find Some Only Results Always Am Answers Doing Go Questions Might Ask Successful Satisfactory Why Deeply Start
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness. Chanakya
Happiness Friendship You People Will Status Above Give Never Make Friends Friendships Any Who Below
The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep. Chanakya
Fool People Dog King Other Ought Seven Small Small Child Tiger Child Owned Awakened Wasp Serpent Sleep
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. Chanakya
Adversity Wife Duty Difficulty Relative Misfortune Discharge Test His Friend While Servant
God doesn't dwell in the wooden, stony or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts. Chanakya
God Thoughts Feelings Our Abode Idols His Dwell Wooden
The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort. Chanakya
Lion Man Whatever Excellent Him Learned Doing Effort Done Should Thing Strenuous
The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects. Chanakya
Life Man Dog Insects Bites Neither Tail Protects Nor Covers End Uneducated Which Rear Useless
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform. Chanakya
Heart Mind Rise Purity Divine Senses Who Platform Compassionate Desires Needed Speech
There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it. Chanakya
Man Fly Poison Mouth Wicked Sting Fang Serpent Saturated
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy. Chanakya
Family Be Happy Grief Happy Fear Members Attached Attachment He Thus Discard Sorrow Overly His Family Members Experiences Root Should Who
One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises. Chanakya
Knowledge Wealth Others Books Possession Neither Arises His Nor Confined Them Use Whose Need
The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there. Chanakya
Happiness Spiritual Peace Greedy Satisfied Those Attained Tranquillity Moving Persons Here
The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth. Chanakya
Truth Rest Power Shine Earth Indeed Sun All Things Winds Supported Makes Blow Things
It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life. Chanakya
Life Day Grief Every Day Better Every Causes Loss Than Die Disgrace Moment Brings Preserve
Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing. Chanakya
You Down Trees Would See Crooked Left Forest Very Going Upright While Straight Cut Your Standing
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