Chanakya's Quotes - Worth reading a million times…

Chanakya's Quotes - Worth reading a million times… ***************************************************   "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are victimised 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 no Friendship 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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"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
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)
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Fern and Bamboo.. Amazing Story!!

Good thought of sharing a beautiful story….

One day I wanted to quit...my job, my relationship, my spirituality...my life.


I went to the woods….. And there I met a farmer.

"Sir", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"


His answer surprised me..."Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"


"Yes", I replied.


"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them.


I gave them light. I gave them water.


The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor.

Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo."


 "In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.


And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo."

"In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit."

"In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo see. I would not quit." He said.


"Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth.


Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant...


But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.


It had spent the five years growing roots.


Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive."


He said to me. "Did you know that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots?"


"I would not quit on the bamboo. You should never quit on yourself."


"Don't compare yourself to others." He said.


"The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful."


"Your time will come", he said to me. "You will rise high"


"How high should I rise?" I asked.


"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return.


"As high as it can?" I questioned


"Yes." He said, "Give glory by rising as high as you can."


I left the forest and bring back this story.


I hope these words can help you see that we should never give up. NEVER EVER.!!!

Think Before Cracking Sardarji Jokes!

Got Through Mail!


My friend told me about the following incident which I wish to share with you.. It has had a deep impact on my thinking.


During last vacation, his few friends came to Delhi . They rented a taxi for local sight-seeing. The driver was an old Sardar and boys being boys, these pals began cracking Sardarji jokes, just to tease the old man. But to their surprise, the fellow remained unperturbed.


At the end of the sight-seeing, they paid the cab hire-charges. The Sardar returned the change, but he gave each one of them one rupee extra and said, ''Son, since morning you have been telling Sardarji jokes. I listened to them all and let me tell you, some of them were in bad taste. Still, I don't mind coz I know that you are young blood and are yet to see the world..


But I have one request. I am giving you one rupee each. Give it to the first Sardar beggar that you come across in this or any other city.'


My friend continued, 'That one rupee coin is still with me. I couldn't find a single Sardar begging anywhere.'


*MORAL:*
The secret behind their universal success, is their willingness to do any job with utmost dedication and pride. A Sardar will drive a Truck or set up a roadside Garage or a Dhaba, put a Fruit Juice stall, take up small time Carpentry, ... but he will never beg on the streets.


DO FORWARD IT TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS JUST THE WAY YOU FORWARD SARDARJI JOKES 

A small story on Quality of Life.

A small story on Quality of Life.

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. 

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee. 

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.
While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. 

Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. 

They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change.
Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it." 

Don't let the cups drive you... Enjoy the coffee instead!

Small Story! Big Message !

Here is a short story with a beautiful message...

 

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.

The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter,
'Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river.'

The little girl said, 'No, Dad. You hold my hand.'

'What's the difference?' Asked the puzzled father.

'There's a big difference,' replied the little girl.


'If I hold your hand and something happens to me,

chances are that I may let your hand go.

But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that

no matter what happens,

you will never let my hand go.'

In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond.
So hold the hand of the person who loves you rather than

expecting them to hold yours...
This message is too short......but carries a lot of Feelings

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