--- title: "1 Bamboo Quotes By Prakah Iyer" description: "1 Bamboo quotes by Prakah Iyer. Plus more from Prakah Iyer and more Bamboo sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/prakah-iyer-12235_five-years_chinese-bamboo-a-tree-that-grows-really_2245238.jpg" --- > [Chinese bamboo. A tree that grows really tall - to a height of over eighty feet. It takes around five years and three months to grow to its full height. But here is the interesting bit. For the first five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/chinese-bamboo-a-tree-that-grows-really-tall-to-a-height-of-over/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/prakah-iyer-12235_five-years_chinese-bamboo-a-tree-that-grows-really_2245238.jpg) ## More by Prakah Iyer > [What separates champions from mere mortals is not just talent. It is attitude. It is mental strength. It is the willingness to fight when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/what-separates-champions-from-mere-mortals-is-not-just-talent-it-is/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [Focus on your strengths. And not on your weaknesses. Don't waste time trying to set right the limitations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/focus-on-your-strengths-and-not-on-your-weaknesses-don-t-waste-time/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [Ups and downs are a part of business and of life but how you tackle the downs holds the keys to the highs that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/ups-and-downs-are-a-part-of-business-and-of-life-but-how-you-tackle/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [Wanting more puts us on a never-ending ride. Like a roller coaster, whose operator has vanished - there is no one to switch off!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/wanting-more-puts-us-on-a-never-ending-ride-like-a-roller-coaster/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [Your personal values are not just what you espouse. It is how you behave and react in the face of temptation, under pressure, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/your-personal-values-are-not-just-what-you-espouse-it-is-how-you/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [Life is all about breaking mental barriers: Leaping across and clean over those little invisible fences. Dreaming the impossible dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/life-is-all-about-breaking-mental-barriers-leaping-across-and-clean/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [Stories make ideas and concepts come alive and by shifting the action to another world and another time, they help us step back and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/stories-make-ideas-and-concepts-come-alive-and-by-shifting-the-action/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [In that moment of challenge, you can either think of your past successes, or of your failures. The choice is yours. And you impact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/in-that-moment-of-challenge-you-can-either-think-of-your-past/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [If you have lived with the fear of failure all your life, you tend to erect a window of risk aversion. In every opportunity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/if-you-have-lived-with-the-fear-of-failure-all-your-life-you-tend-to/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [... while we spend more on beauty treatments and clothes and cosmetics, we are reluctant to spend much on training ourselves, on opening our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/while-we-spend-more-on-beauty-treatments-and-clothes-and-cosmetics-we/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [Humility works like magic. And it is good to understand that when you have people working under you or for you, you depend on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/humility-works-like-magic-and-it-is-good-to-understand-that-when-you/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [Success comes to those who live in the present, who seize the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/success-comes-to-those-who-live-in-the-present-who-seize-the-moment/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [That money is not the secret to happiness has been well documented. You need enough of it, sure, but beyond a point it ceases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/that-money-is-not-the-secret-to-happiness-has-been-well-documented/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [Set yourself a goal and focus on achieving it. A goal helps channelize the mind and body to work on what needs to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/set-yourself-a-goal-and-focus-on-achieving-it-a-goal-helps-channelize/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) > [Getting money to work for you is no different from getting people to work for you. If you don't treat your money (or your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prakah-iyer/getting-money-to-work-for-you-is-no-different-from-getting-people-to/) [Prakah Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prakah-iyer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bamboo/prakah-iyer/#itemlist", "name": "1 Bamboo Quotes By Prakah Iyer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Chinese bamboo. A tree that grows really tall - to a height of over eighty feet. 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