CHANAKYA'S INSPIRATIONAL/MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES: ANCIENT WISDOM

“Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions: Why I am 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 QUOTE ON SUCCESS)

“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 QUOTE ON HOW TO BEHAVE WITH OUR KIDS)

“There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness and no virtue like mercy.”

“Once you start working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.” (CHANAKYA QUOTE ON BUSINESS OR START UPS)

“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.” (BE CAREFUL WITH WICKED PERSONS OR PERSONALITIES)

“As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.”

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.” (IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION)

“Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher full of poison with milk on top.”

“The testing time of the following are; the wife when the money is gone, the friend in the time of need, the relatives in the times of crisis and the servants when they are assigned a mission. In such times they show their true faces.” (TEST TO KNOW THE TRUE BEHAVIOUR)

“As compared to males the females eat twice the amount of food, possess cleverness four times, display courage six times and exhibit lustful desires eight times.”

“He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is the attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.” (TOO MUCH ATTACHMENT LEADS TO SORROW)

“The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind but the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.” (POWER OF GOODNESS)

“One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich, but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way.”

“It is better to die than preserve life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life only pain a moment, but disgrace every day of one’s life.”