The record for writing the maximum number of motivational thoughts in Kannada was set by Gopal Rangrao Deshpande (born on July 22, 1972) of Belagavi, Karnataka. He wrote 10,000 motivational thoughts in Kannada, in a spiral notebook, from 2023 to 2026 on success, human behaviour, beliefs, etiquette and manners, among other topics, as confirmed on June 3, 2026.




