Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
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Quote counter
editCurrently the template has the number of following quotations
Name | Number of quotes |
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Indian proverbs | 20 Quote number 29—39, 44—49, 54—56 |
Mahatma Gandhi | 6 Quote number 0, 15—19 |
Swami Vivekananda | 6 Quote number 4—9 |
Gautama Buddha | 4 Quote number 2, 3, 10, 26 |
Chanakya | 4 Quote number 50—53 |
Adi Shankara | 2 Quote number 13, 14 |
Mother Teresa | 2 Quote number 11, 12 |
Bhagat Singh | 2 Quote number 27, 28 |
Rabindranath Tagore | 1 Quote number 1 |
Subhas Chandra Bose | 1 Quote number 20 |
Bal Gangadhar Tilak | 1 !uote number 21 |
Jawaharlal Nehru | 1 Quote number 29 |
Dhirubhai Ambani | 1 Quote number 22 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 1 Quote number 23 |
Dayanand Saraswati | 1 Quote number 24 |
Munshi Premchand | 1 Quote number 25 |
Rigveda | 1 Quote number 42 |
Yajurveda | 1 Quote number 40 |
Ramayana | 1 Quote number 41 |
Mahabharata | 1 Quote number 43 |
Guru Nanak | 1 Quote number 57 |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | 1 Quote number 58 |
Patanjali | 1 Quote number 59 |
Vallabhbhai Patel | 1 Quote number 61 |