How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read Quotes

“You should not be so sensitive. Sensitive people suffer a lot in life.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read and Other Stories

“Many a times there is no perfect solution for a given problem. No solution is also a solution. Everything depends upon how you look at it. We make judgements on others depending upon what we think of them.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read and Other Stories

“Men can do certain things well and women other things. Men and women are complementary to each other. One need not prove one’s strength.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read and Other Stories

“it is not the institution, ultimately it is you and you alone who can change your life by hard work.’ Probably he was not aware that he was following the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: ‘Your best friend is yourself and your worst enemy is yourself.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read and Other Stories

“There is a difference between loneliness and solitude. Loneliness is boring, whereas in solitude you can inspect and examine your deeds and your thoughts.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read and Other Stories

“In this life everything perishes over a period of time. Whether it be diamond, beauty, gold or even land. Only one thing withstands this destruction. It is knowledge. The more you give the more you get.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories

“I knew then that to come up in life you require talent, hard work, aggression and connections.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read and Other Stories

“Doing what you like is freedom, liking what you do is happiness.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“When you come across difficulties, you have to grow bigger than the problem. You have that capacity within you, but you are not aware of it. If you become bigger, difficulties will look smaller than you, and you can solve them easily. If you become smaller than the difficulties, they will look like mountains and crush you. This is the theory I have followed in life.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“In life we never know when a rainy day will come and you might fall short of money. In order to be prepared for such a situation, you should always save some money from your salary, and if you are not earning, then from your husband’s salary. If your salary is one thousand rupees take fifty or hundred rupees and keep it separately. This money should not be used for buying ornaments or silk saris. When you are young, you want to spend money and buy many things but remember, when you are in difficulty only few things will come to your help. Your courage, your ability to adjust to new situations and the money which you have saved. Nobody will come and help you.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“Never start with diffidence. Always start with confidence. When you are successful, you must give back to society. Society gives us so much, we must return it back.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“Our ancestors have taught us in the Vedas that one should, Donate with kind words. Donate with happiness. Donate with sincerity. Donate only to the needy. Donate without expectation because it is not a gift. It is a duty. Donate with your wife’s consent. Donate to other people without making your dependents helpless. Donate without caring for caste, creed and religion. Donate so that the receiver prospers.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“whenever you want to give something to somebody, give the best in you, never the second best. That is what I have learned from life. God is not there in the temple, mosque or church. He is with the people. If you serve them with whatever you have, you have served God”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“It is better to be worn out than to be rusted.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“Doing what you like us freedom,liking what you do is happiness.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“Of all the luxuries in life, the greatest luxury is getting freedom of the right kind. Now the mother joined in. They were clearly very upset and worried. They wanted to share their grief with somebody”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories

“Your best friend is yourself and your worst enemy is yourself.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories

“In life, some failures are essential. Repeated success makes a person arrogant, whereas occasional failures are essential to become mature.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories

“I could understand their pain at their only son leaving home. It is always a difficult time for parents, but it is also inevitable. How long can you keep birds in cages when their wings are strong and they are ready to fly? We can give our children only two things in life which are essential. Strong roots and powerful wings. Then they may fly anywhere and live independently. Of all the luxuries in life, the greatest luxury is getting freedom of the right kind. Now the mother joined”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories

“Many a times there is no perfect solution for a given problem. No solution is also a solution. Everything depends upon how you look at it. We make judgments on others depending upon what we think of them.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“Freedom to choose your own life; freedom to pursue your own interest; freedom to enjoy your own likes, provided they are not harmful to you and the society. I feel I was very fortunate to grow up with so much of freedom, like a tree in the forest”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“How long can you keep birds in cages when their wings are strong and they are ready to fly? We can give our children only two things in life which are essential. Strong roots and powerful wings. Then they may fly anywhere and live independently. Of all the luxuries in life, the greatest luxury is getting freedom of the right kind.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“It is not the institution, ultimately it is you and you alone who can change your life by hard work.Your best friend is yourself and your worst enemy is yourself.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“Experience has taught me many things in life. Your father also knew it. Many a times, a work may look impossible. But if someone gives the smallest suggestion, you can work on it. You may think you know everything, but please remember you are still a student. Life is an eternal teacher, provided you have an open mind.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“A student’s life is like the desert, examinations are the hot sun, difficulties are like the warm sand and study is like hunger and thirst. As a student you have to travel all alone collecting knowledge and skill the way the boy in the story collected stones. The more you collect the better is the life you lead later.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“It is possible to change your habits. There is nothing which is impossible. You only require will power. You are yourself not aware of all your potential. Please remember when elders say some thing they do so because they want you to lead a better life than them. Excellence does not come by accident but by practice”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read: And Other Stories

“My grandmother too never went to Kashi, and she identified”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories

“his photo while he was laying the shawl on Kalam’s shoulder. The photograph was duly taken and”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read and Other Stories

“The photograph was duly taken”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read and Other Stories

“following the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: ‘Your best friend is yourself and your worst enemy is yourself.’ Later he worked very hard, and focused on one thing, never bothering about his personal life or comforts. He shared his wealth with others. He never used the help of any caste, community or political connections to go up in life.”
― Sudha Murty, How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories