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61 Best Chanakya Quotes & Get Niti Knowledge

Here you get the best collection of Chanakya quotes & Niti. Chanakya was an ancient Indian Teacher. He studied the pioneer of the field of political science and economics in India. Best Chanakya quotes make your life easy.

Chanakya quotes

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you. img

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

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

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

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife is a misfortune.

God doesn’t dwell in the wooden, stony, or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts.

Once you start working on something don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Best Chanakya Quotes

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
Chanakya quotes

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

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

Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained, but this body when lost may never be acquired again.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

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

The 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.

The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

There is no disease (so destructive) as lust; no enemy like infatuation; no fire like wrath; and no happiness like spiritual knowledge.
Chanakya quotes

There is no disease (so destructive) as lust; no enemy like infatuation; no fire like wrath; and no happiness like spiritual knowledge.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

The earth is supported by the power of truth, it is the power of truth that makes the sunshine and the winds blow, indeed all things rest upon truth.

Generosity, pleasing address, courage, and propriety of conduct are not acquired but are inbred qualities.

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.

Chanakya Niti and Sayings

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 quotes

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.

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.

Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander, and a woman is lost without a husband.

The hearts of base men burn before the fire of other’s fame, and they slander them being themselves unable to rise to such a high position.

Never settle for anything less than what you deserve. It’s not pride, it’s self-respect
Chanakya quotes

Never settle for anything less than what you deserve. It’s not pride, it’s self-respect.

For one whose heart melts with compassion for all creatures; what is the necessity of knowledge, liberation, matted hair on the head, and smearing the body with ashes.

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.

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.

Too much beauty got Sita kidnapped, too much ego got Ravana killed and too much charity got Raja Bali in deep trouble. So too much of anything is bad. One should refrain from too much.
Chanakya quotes

Too much beauty got Sita kidnapped, too much ego got Ravana killed and too much charity got Raja Bali in deep trouble. So too much of anything is bad. One should refrain from too much.

There are only two ways of dealing with evil persons or thorns. Crush them under your boot or stay far away from them.

Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person’s house.

The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited to arrives.

Chanakya Success quotes

A person who cannot decide his goal, simply cannot win.
Chanakya quotes

A person who cannot decide his goal, simply cannot win.

It is better to have only one son endowed with good qualities than a hundred devoid of them. For the moon though one, dispels the darkness, which the stars, though numerous, do not.

Drop the idea that attachment and love are one thing. They are enemies. It is an attachment that destroys all love.

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.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy, but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.
Chanakya quotes

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy, but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

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.

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?

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

Do not inhabit a country where you are not respected, cannot earn your livelihood, have any friends, or cannot acquire knowledge
Chanakya quotes

Do not inhabit a country where you are not respected, cannot earn your livelihood, have any friends, or cannot acquire knowledge.

We have to make people soft who are hard, to attract those who are far, if they do badly for us then even considering our aim we should always love them.

I consider almighty god above all so only I always propagate his true message of Vedas.

The enemy’s enemy is a friend.

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
Chanakya quotes

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.

Once a man’s ambition is kindled, nothing can stop him. For a businessman, no country can be too far. For a wise man, there is no such thing as a foreign land. He is at home wherever he goes.

A student who wishes for luxuries has to sacrifice education. A student who wishes for a good education has to sacrifice luxuries. A student cannot have both.

There are many ways of binding by which one can be dominated and controlled in this world, but the bond of affection is the strongest.

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore, learning is a hidden treasure
Chanakya quotes

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore, learning is a hidden treasure.

Of a rascal and a serpent, the serpent is the better of the two, for he strikes only at the time he is destined to kill, while the former at every step.

To have the ability for eating when dishes are ready at hand, to have a mind for making charity when one is prosperous are the fruits of no ordinary austerities.

Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.

Even the one whose qualities are comparable to those of the all-knowing suffers without patronage. A gem, though precious, requires a gold setting.

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