What are 15 great thoughts by Chanakya?

What are 15 great thoughts by Chanakya?

I would like to share 15 Great thoughts by Chanakya which inspires me everyday an pushes me.

1. 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.
2. The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
3. Once you start working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
4. The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind but the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
5. All the creatures are pleased by loving words; and therefore we should address words that are pleasing to all, for there is no lack of sweet words.
6. Learn from the mistakes of others… you can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves!!
7. There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
8. A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
9. Once a man’ 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.
10. God dwells not in the wooden, or stone or earthen idols. His abode is in our feeling, our thoughts. It is only through the feeling that we deem God existing in these idols.
11. Just as a mirror reflects as a mans face his personality is reflected in his choice of friends. One must always be careful in forming friendships and acquaintances, for one’s friends, are in a way, an extension of one’s inner inclinations and tendencies.
12. You can win over a greedy greedy by offering money, a proud person by covering before him. You can win a foolish by agreeing with him and you can win a scholar by truth only.
13. Never settle for anything less than what you deserve. It’s not pride, it’s self respect
14. 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.
15. It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.

Which one is your favourite??