ASIABOOK Asian Quote Guide Book with 1000 useful proverbs, quotations and thoughtful insights

ASIABOOK

Asian Quote Guide Book

with 1000 useful proverbs, quotations and thoughtful insights

ASIABOOK

Asian Quote Guide Book

Published by Smashwords

Copyright 2016 Lepota Lazar Cosmo

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Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - India

Chapter 2 - New Delhi

Chapter 3 - Sri Lanka

Chapter 4 - Hong Kong

Chapter 5 - China

Chapter 6 - Philippines

Chapter 7 - Laos

Chapter 8 - South Korea

Chapter 9 - Taiwan

Chapter 10 - Vietnam

Chapter 11 - Indonesia

Chapter 12 - Cambodia

Chapter 13- Singapore

Chapter 14 - Thailand

Chapter 15 - Japan

Chapter 16 - Macau

Chapter 17 - Malaysia

Chapter 18 - Myanmar

Chapter 19 - Dubai

Chapter 20 - Maldives

Chapter 21 - Asia-Pacific

Chapter 22 - Oceania

Chapter 23 - East Timor

Chapter 24 - Bahrain

Chapter 25 - Papua New Guinea

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India

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.

Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician, writer, public intellectual and diplomat

More high-reaching, subtle, many-sided, curious and profound than the Greek, more noble and humane than the Roman, more large and spiritual than the old Egyptian, more vast and original than any other Asiatic civilization, more intellectual than the European prior to the 18th century, possessing all that these had and more, it was the most powerful, self-possessed, stimulating and wide in influence of all past human cultures.

Sri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet

Hinduism ... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up no single narrow path or gate of salvation; it was less a creed or cult than a continuously enlarging tradition of the God ward endeavor of the human spirit.

Sri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist, philosopher, poet and yogi, and poet

India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration.

Sri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet

If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

Romain Rolland, French dramatist, novelist, essayist and mystic

China is referred to as the ‘dragon’ and India as an ‘elephant’. But we are not an elephant, we are a ‘beehive’.

Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician, Vice-President of the Indian National Congress (INC)

India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan

The king of Gurjars maintain numerous faces and no other Indian prince has so fine a cavalry. He has great riches and his camels and horses are numerous. There is no country in India more safe from robbers.

Mihira Bhoja I, Indian ruler of the Gurjara Pratihara dynasty

Carnatic music being not the family heirloom of isolated families, but rooted in the community spawned a lot of talent , largely people who could participate in group singing, and of equal importance, several generations of composers, all in all in and around the cultural centre of s South India - Tanjaavur (Anglicized as Tanjore)

K. G. Vijayakrishnan, Indian linguist and vainika

The sakta tantra simply present the Vedantik teachings in a symbolic form for the worshipper, to whom it prescribes the means whereby they may be realized in fact. Vedanta in its various forms has for centuries constituted the religious notions of India, and the Agamas...are its practical expression in worship

Sir John Woodroffe, British writer and orientalist

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist and philosopher, leader of Indian independence movement

Look to this day For it is life, the very life of life. For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a vision But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness And tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day Such is the salutation of the dawn.

Kalidasa, Indian Sanskrit writer, poet and dramatist

India is a huge country but it always listens to us, the smaller countries... I trust democracy far more than any other form of governance.

Mohamed Nasheed, Maldivian politician, human rights and environmental activist, 4th President of the Maldivian Democratic Party

We are probably not doing enough to build the Tata brand globally, but we are one of the most recognisable corporate names coming out of India. Apart from size, market capitalisation and the rest, we are seen as a poster boy for ethical business, trustworthy and fair. That’s a model western companies feel comfortable with.

Ratan Tata, Indian businessman, investor, philanthropist and chairman of Tata Group

It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today. It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world’s progress toward peace … Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist and philosopher, leader of Indian independence movement

We have seven pillars of development. India has a cutting edge information technology industry. We are setting up a technology park. We would like to see technology penetration iin education. Besides, we would like to see cooperation in industries like fashion, filmmaking, ship-building, education, health and energy.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Trindiad and Tobago politician, 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children.

Sachin Tendulkar, Indian professional cricket player

One cannot conclusively say if Mawsynram or Cherrapunjee is the world's wettest place.

Shri M.K.Gupta, Indian meterologist, Deputy Director of The India Meteorological Department (IMD)

A common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of a liberal, tolerant spirit in religious matters, are possible.

Annie Besant, British socialist, theosophist, writer, and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule

Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity.

Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician, writer, public intellectual and diplomat

The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace.

Prem Rawat, Indian American motivator and spiritual teacher

I think the environment has become more competitive. That has made Indian industry more concerned with a) its customers, b) the quality of its products, and c) its brand image in the marketplace.

Ratan Tata, Indian businessman, investor, philanthropist and chairman Emeritus of Tata Group

Many of us, utterly overcome by Tamas, the dark and heavy demon of inertia, are saying nowadays that it is impossible, that India is decayed, bloodless and lifeless, too weak ever to recover; that our race is doomed to extinction. It is a foolish and idle saying. No man or nation need be weak unless he chooses, no man or nation need perish unless he deliberately chooses extinction.

Sri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet

We are, if territory and population be looked at together, one of the great countries of the world a monster country, one might say, along with others such as China, India, the recent Soviet Union, and Brazil. And there is a real question as to whether bigness in a body politic is not an evil in itself, quite aside from the policies pursued in its name.

George F. Kennan, American diplomat and historian

If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India . … For more than 30 centuries, the tree of vision , with all its thousand branches and their millions of twigs, has sprung from this torrid land, the burning womb of the Gods . It renews itself tirelessly showing no signs of decay.

Romain Rolland, French dramatist, novelist, essayist and mystic

It doesn't matter how much wisdom you have. If you don't have position, you have nothing. That's the tragedy of India.

Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician, Vice-President of the Indian National Congress (INC)

The truths which are represented in England and Western countries generally, are those which refer to force of character, earnestness of purpose, conscientious strictness, noble charity, practical duty, whilst the truths which I find peculiarly developed in India – developed to a greater extent than anywhere else, - and in the Eastern countries generally, are those which have reference to sweetness of communion, sweetness of temper, meekness and resignation unto God.

Keshub Chunder Sen, Hindu philosopher and social reformer

Advertising is about norms and values, aspirations and prejudices. It is about culture.

Anil Ambani, Indian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, chairman of Reliance ADA Group

It is hope in this wider sense which enabled my father to build, from scratch, one of India's largest modern enterprises. His was an undertaking powered by hard work, initiative, self-belief but, above all else, the capacity, as he would often say, to dream with your eyes wide open.

Anil Ambani, Indian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, chairman of Reliance ADA Group

I think you have to work with people, and when I talk about managing relationships, don’t think the derogatory ‘‘managed relationships’’. It is a question of sharing emotion and feelings. The common denominator of everything can’t be money, and it should not be money.

Anil Ambani, Indian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, chairman of Reliance ADA Group

If you look at the top 20 companies of the world, 19 of them are still brick-and-mortar companies. I have nothing against tech companies. What I am saying is that if you have a car manufacturer or an oil and gas manufacturer, you won’t get the supply over the Net.

Anil Ambani, Indian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, chairman of Reliance ADA Group

As you get bigger, you have to learn to delegate. It’s also an excellent way to get staff involved in the company’s operations.

Azim Premji, Indian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist, chairman of Wipro Limited

The early years were more about learning than about acting. I had to carry on my father’s work, which was a big challenge.

Azim Premji, Indian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist, chairman of Wipro Limited

As an advisor, I can say what I want. If I were a politician, I would constantly have to compromise, and I’m incapable of doing that.

Azim Premji, Indian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist, chairman of Wipro Limited

I want Wipro to be among the top ten IT companies in the world.

Azim Premji, Indian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist, chairman of Wipro Limited

Character is one factor that will guide all our actions and decisions. We invested in uncompromising integrity that helped us take difficult stands in some of the most difficult business situations.

Azim Premji, Indian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist, chairman of Wipro Limited

In our way of working, we attach a great deal of importance to humility and honesty; With respect for human values, we promise to serve our customers with integrity.

Azim Premji, Indian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist, chairman of Wipro Limited

The early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and remained personally very wealthy. Tata’s were different in the sense the future generations were not so wealthy. They were involved in the business but most of the family wealth was put into trust and most of the family did not in fact did not enjoy enormous wealth.

Ratan Tata, Indian businessman, investor, philanthropist and chairman of Tata Group

One hundred years from now, I expect the Tatas to be much bigger than it is now. More importantly, I hope the Group comes to be regarded as being the best in India.. best in the manner in which we operate, best in the products we deliver, and best in our value systems and ethics. Having said that, I hope that a hundred years from now we will spread our wings far beyond India.

Ratan Tata, Indian businessman, investor, philanthropist and chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons

Our strength stems from the fact that we have some of the best brains in the communications, media and entertainment industry.

Harindra Singh, Indian business marketer, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Percept Adverting Limited

We are taking an aggressive stance looking at the future of Percept, not just in numbers, but in terms of market share and size. The challenge is to continuously sustain our growth on a year-on-year basis. The 2010 figure of US$1 billion is just a benchmark figure. Looking at the market opportunities and our strengths, I am sure we will be well past this figure, come 2010.

Harindra Singh, Indian business marketer, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Percept Adverting Limited

Calcutta is by far the richest city in India, even though its various problems have started to turn its richness into a collapsing wealth. It is possibly the richest city anywhere between Rome and Tokyo in terms of the money that is accumulated and represented here.

Geoffrey Moorhouse, English journalist and author

Ahmedabad is one of the fastest developing and growing cities in India. Ahmedabad is known for its vibrancy and an attitude of celebrating life along with its spirit of entrepreneurship . A rising centre of education , information technology and scientific industries , Ahmedabad remains the cultural and commercial heart of Gujarat and much of western India.

Shantigram web site, in Why Ahmedabad

The British in India had called Shimla by various names Viceroy’s Shooting Box, Abode of the Little Tin Gods and even Mount Olympus.

Raghuvendra Tanwar, Indian historian and educator

India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha , of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.

Will Durant, American writer, historian, and philosopher

If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

Romain Rolland, French dramatist, novelist, essayist and mystic

The greatest human ideal is the great cause of bringing together the thoughts of Europe and Asia; the great soul of India will topple our world.

Romain Rolland, French dramatist, novelist, essayist and mystic

Perhaps in return for conquest, arrogance and spoliation, India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of the mature mind, the quiet content of the unacquisitive soul, the calm of the understanding spirit, and a unifying, a pacifying love for all living things.

Will Durant, American writer, historian, and philosopher

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

Mahatma Gandi, Indian activist and philosopher, leader of Indian independence movement

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Mahatma Gandi, Indian activist and philosopher, leader of Indian independence movement

On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as presents and a few days later I decided to cycle to India.

Dervla Murphy, Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books

It is evident that Bhoja had the reputation of a strong ruler, able to maintain peace in his kingdom and defend it against Muslim aggression and left this task as a sacred legacy to his succession. He was undoubtedly one of the outstanding political