Chanakya Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”

“The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.”

“A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.”

“A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.”