“Khalil Gibran said that parents are like a bow, And children like arrows. The more the bow bends and stretches, the farther the arrow flies. I fly, not because I am special, but because they stretched for me.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“I guess what I'm trying to say is that I want a woman who is better than I am; a woman who will compel me to bow my head in admiration.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one of us”.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Sometimes, truth causes pain and suffering. At such times, silence is preferred.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“A relationship is not just for fun, it is also about trust and the knowledge that you can depend on your partner.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“If karma is giving you a negative signal repeatedly, then it is not testing you, it is trying to teach you.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Do not rush to the “right answer”,’ clarified Vashishta. ‘The key, always, is to ask the “right question”.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Even honourable men sometimes prove to be terrible leaders. Conversely, men of questionable character can occasionally be exactly what a nation requires.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“it’s more important to be right than to be first.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“A relationship is not just for fun, it is also about trust and acknowledge that you can depend on your partner. Relationships based on passion and excitement do not last.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“She has that something, like the thread in a crystal-bead necklace. She holds it all together.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“One of the few advantages of being disliked is that you don’t need to fret over what others think about you.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Some good can emerge from the most horrific of events. There is something positive hidden in every negative, and something negative in every positive. Life is complicated, and a balanced person can see both sides.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Swagruhe Pujyate Murkhaha; Swagraame Pujyate Prabhuhu Swadeshe Pujyate Raja; Vidvaansarvatra Pujyate. A fool is worshipped in his home. A chief is worshipped in his village. A king is worshipped in his kingdom. A knowledgeable person is worshipped everywhere.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“If you are a fish charging at bait, then it usually doesn’t end well.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“only visible in retrospect, my friend. If I’m successful, people will call me brave. If I fail, I will be called foolish.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Sometimes, truth causes pain and suffering. At such times, silence is preferred. In fact, there may be times when a white lie, could actually lead to a good outcome.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Passionate children have strong emotions that insist on finding expression. They laugh loudly. They cry even more loudly.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“But the strange thing about anger is that it is like fire; the more you feed it, the more it grows. It takes a lot of wisdom to know when to let anger go.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Freedom is never the ally of law. You can have freedom to choose whether you want to join or leave a society based on the rule of law. But as long as you live in such a society you must obey the law.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Withholding the truth is different from lying”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“How can the land belong to any of us? We belong to the land!”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“We criticise corruption in others, but are blind to our own dishonesty. We hate others who do wrong and commit crimes, blithely ignoring our own misdeeds, big and small. We vehemently blame Raavan for all our ills, refusing to acknowledge that we created the mess we find ourselves in.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“A real leader doesn’t choose to lead only the deserving. He will, instead, inspire his people into becoming the best that they are capable of.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“you can certainly learn from the successes of great men, you can learn even more from their failures and mistakes.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“If you compromise the prospects of the strong, and lean too much towards the interests of the weak, then your society itself goes into decline.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“Not revealing the truth is lying, isn’t it, Guruji?’ ‘No, it isn’t. Sometimes, truth causes pain and suffering. At such times, silence is preferred. In fact, there may be times when a white lie, or even an outright lie, could actually lead to a good outcome.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“A king need be judged solely on the basis of what he achieves for his people. His personal life is of no consequence. His public life, though, has one singular purpose: to provide for his people and improve their lives.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“An ancient poet once remarked, “When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one of us”.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
“When times change, as they inevitably do, one finds it impossible to give up on one’s faith; in fact, one clings to it with renewed vigour. Difficult times make men cling to their faith even more strongly.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from Scion of Ikshvaku
Amish Tripathi
Born place: in India
Born date October 18, 1974
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“There is nothing quite as painful as a truly awkward silence. If you have fallen in love and you tell the object of your affection how you feel and she simply stares at you, the air still and empty, that's awkward. Perhaps you finally get up the nerve to ask your boss for a raise and after you master the courage to blurt out your request he lets it hang there in the open air. This can be an awkward silence as well. But for some reason both these examples pale in comparison to the kind of uncomfortable silence a person might experience when trapped in the stomach of a colossal snake, miles under ground, where there is nothing but total darkness and the sound of your own self taking your final hot breathes of musty, stale air, after you've just heard the news that the one person who you believe could save you just because he is so big and powerful is hiding out in the pocket of a friend as a . . . toothpick”
― Obert Skye, quote from Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
“And just as love has two sides, so too does Death. While Ismae will serve as His mercy, I will not, for that is not how He fashioned me.
Every death I have witnessed, every horror I have endured, has forged me to be who I am -- Death's justice.”
― Robin LaFevers, quote from Dark Triumph
“The blood bond was nothing. It was the people that mattered. If they covered your back, and you covered theirs, then maybe that was worth calling family. Everything else was just so much smoke and lies.”
― Paolo Bacigalupi, quote from Ship Breaker
“Wenn ich so allein bin, siehst du, und mich an alles erinnere, das ist das Schlimmste, daß man allein nicht darüber lachen kann, oder dann ist es nur so ein böses und bitteres Lachen, so daß man später über genau die gleichen Dinge doch wieder heult.”
― Max Frisch, quote from I'm Not Stiller
“You only grow up by living through the shit that life throws at you”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Rachel's Holiday
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