Some thought provoking quotes
Here is a collection of quotes that I like. These are from various sources like forwarded e-mails, text messages, websites, blogs and what not. I do not know the source for many of them. If you know who quoted them, please feel free to send me an e-mail. If you have come across something that you think is good and is not here, do let me know. You can contact me at rajkumar.p84 [@] gmail.com
Defeat is not when you fall down, but when you refuse to get up
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself. After all, you could be missing out the joke of the century
A true champion will show he can win when everyone thinks he has lost
Many people dont realise how close to success they were when they quit
To have more than what you have, become more than what you are - Jim Rohn
Be bold when you lose, be calm when you win - Swami Vivekananda
The hardest part of acquiring the goal that you are after is, making a start - Henry Ford
The man who chases two hares catches none - Chinese Proverb
Put you heart, mind and soul even to the smallest of acts. This is the secret of success - Swami Sivananda
If something is worth doing, its worth doing well
Nothing great has been achieved by doing things half right
The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it
The only person who has never made a mistake will be the person who never tried anything new in his life - Albert Einstein
A vision without the ability to execute is probably a hallucination
You live your dreams, but dreams may die. Don't get shattered, never even cry. The world is big, and has lots to give. Pick up a dream, that's the way to live
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can see from the top of a mountain
The tree on the mountain puts up with whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is putting its root as deeply as possible
It's not the hours you put in th work that counts, its the work you put in the hours - Abraham Lincoln
You probably wont worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do - Olin Miller
Money, Attitude and Ego are like you underwear. You should have it, but should not show it
When we strive to become better, everything around us becomes better too - Paul Coelho
If you are not being criticized, you may not be doing much
It isn't life that weighs us down - its the way we carry it
The true test of character is not how much we know or how much we do, but how we behave when we dont know what to do
Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos
Seeing much, suffering much and studying much are the three pillers of learning - Benjamin Frannklin
Realise the worth before its too late, accompany people before you are lost, accept things rather than denying, love them before you lose them
If you judge people, you have no time to love them
Have the determination of a mirror, which never loses its ability to reflect in spite of being broken into pieces
Try and try, dont let hopes go dry;
Proceed and proceed, dont stop until you suceed;
Practice and pratice, until you master the tactics;
Fight and fight, until you gain strength;
Win and win, until your victory makes history
Time would make us forget some memories, but there would be some memories which would forget time; cherish those momeries
Challenges are high, dreams are new, the world out there is waiting for you
dare to dream, dare to try, no goal is too distant, no star is too highYour chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself - Robert Collier
If nothing ever went wrong in your life, you would never have a chance to grow stronger. So face anything, its your chance to grow stronger
Pray as if everything depended on God and work as if everything depended on you
To handle youself use your head; to handle others use your heart
Do not lose head in success and heart in failure
If you dont stand for something, you'll fall for everything
Beauty and color may attract the eyes but only a smile appeals to the heart. Keep smiling!
Sometimes we must be hurt in order to grow, we must fail in order to know, we must lose in order to gain; Because some lessons are best learnt through PAIN
The best of friendship doesn't come when you are together, it comes when you are apart, and you realise that despite the distance and the silence, the friendship still survives
You hurt them the most whom you love the most; you fight with the one on whom you have more expectations; you smile tears in your eyes and pain in the heart when your loved one hurts you first and asks sorry
Laugh at your mistakes but learn from them; Joke over your troubles but gather strenght from them
There are only two people who can tell the truth about you
- an enemy who has lost his temper and
- a friend who loves you dearly
You never get a second chance to make a first impression
Sometimes its not enough to do your best; you have to do what is required
A drop of water which falls in the lake has no identity, but if it falls on a lotus leaf, it shines like a pearl. Choose where you want to fall
An arrow can be sent only by dragging it back
Victory belongs to the most persevering - Napoleon The Great
Every artist was first an amateur - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals
What counts is not necessarily size of the dog in the fight - its the size of the fight in the dog
Be the change you want to see in the world - Mahatma Gandhi
If your ship doesn't come in, swim to it - Jonathan Winters
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change - Brian Triacy
In a business deal, if you look around and can't find the sucker - beware - because it's probably you - Mark Cuban
The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions - William F. Scolavino
Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the actions you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune and destiny - Alfred A. Montapert
While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed - Mattie Stepanek
If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on - Lance Armstrong
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears - Glenn Clark
The door to success is labeled PUSH - Oscar Wilde
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them - Walt Disney
If A is success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z; X is work, Y is play, Z is keeping your mouth shut - Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has
its own reason for existing - Albert Einstein
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new - Albert Einstein
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources - Albert Einstein
Good artists copy; great artists steal - Pablo Picasso
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other - Abraham Lincoln
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt - Abraham Lincoln
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure - Abraham Lincoln
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the
first four sharpening the axe - Abraham Lincoln
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend
one-third of
my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds
about him and what he is going to say - Abraham Lincoln
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your
grandfather was - Abraham Lincoln
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle - Abraham Lincoln
You are only as strong as the weakest link in your chain
Accept that somedays you're the pigeon, and somedays you're the statue
Everybody is somebody else's wierdo
When the pupil is ready, the teacher will come
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; rather seek what they sought
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart
Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else
Believe those who are seeking truth and God, doubt those who
find them
Must see videos
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Steve Jobs at his usual best
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