Chanakya's Quotes - Worth Learning

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)

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

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

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)

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)