Archives for November 2009

The results of life are uncalculated and uncalculable. The years teach much which the days never know. The persons who compose our company, converse, and come and go, and design and execute many things, and somewhat comes of it all, but an unlooked for result. The individual is always mistaken. He designed many things, and drew in other persons as coadjutors, quarrelled with some or all, blundered much, and something is done; all are a little advanced, but the individual is always mistaken. It turns out somewhat new, and very unlike what he promised himself.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Philosopher)

If it is given with love, a mere handful is enough.
—Indian Proverb

We may not be interested in chaos but chaos is interested in us.
—Robert Cooper

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.
—George Sand (French Novelist, Dramatist)

Ability & Attitude & Activity – Excuses = Success.
—Unknown

Have you invested as much this year in your career as in your car?
—Molly Sargent (American Management Consultant)

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through the experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
—Helen Keller (American Author)

I succeed because I expect to.
—Unknown

Love is but another name for that inscrutable presence by which the soul is connected with humanity.
—William Gilmore Simms (American Poet)

We cannot fight against anything, unless we fight for something—and what we must fight for is the supremacy of reason, and a view of man as a rational being.
—Ayn Rand (Russian-born American Novelist)

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
—The Holy Bible (Scripture in the Christian Faith)

All beings seek for happiness; so let your compassion extend itself to all.
—Mahavamsa

Enjoy the spring of love and youth, to some good angel leave the rest; For time will teach thee soon the truth, there are no birds in last year’s nest.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American Poet)

Happy are those that persevere to the end, for they shall inherit the earth.
—The Holy Bible (Scripture in the Christian Faith)

The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
—Napoleon Hill (American Author)

We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful toward those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought to be happy; and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
—Swami Vivekananda (Indian Hindu Mystic)

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
—Leo Rosten (Russian-born American Humorist)

To love someone – is to love their potential into reality.
—Unknown

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Philosopher)

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
—Carl Sagan (American Astronomer)

Do not anxiously hope for what is not yet to come; do not vainly regret what is already past.
—Chinese Proverb

We have to believe that a creative being lives within ourselves, whether we like it or not, and that we must get out of its way, for it will give us no peace until we do.
—Mary Richards

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
—Unknown

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
—John Wooden (American Sportsperson)

The man who works need never be a problem to anyone. Opportunities multiply as they are seized; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities. Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he is making money. Production, not destruction, leads to success.
—John Wicker

Men of learning are those who have read the contents of books. Thinkers, geniuses, and those who have enlightened the world and furthered the race of men, are those who have made direct use of the book of the world.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (German Philosopher)

Don’t pray for fewer problems; pray for more skills.|Don’t ask for smaller challenges; ask for greater wisdom.|Don’t look for an easy way out; look for the best possible outcome.
—Steve Goodier

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus

In loving, you lean on someone to hold them up.
—Rod McKuen

We change, whether we like it or not.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Philosopher)

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.
—Swami Vivekananda (Indian Hindu Mystic)

Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.
—Norman Vincent Peale (American Clergyman, Self-Help Author)

There ain’t no rules around here.|We’re trying to accomplish something.|There’s a way to do it better—find it.
—Thomas Edison (American Inventor)

Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.
—Robert Anton Wilson (American Polymath)

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
—George Washington Carver (American Scientist)

What is a grain? It is the companionship of the virtuous.|What is grief? It is the company of fools.|What is loss? It is the dissipation of time.|What is prudence? It is devotion to virtue.|What is valour? It is the conquest of the senses.|Who is the beloved wife? One who is devoted to her husband.|What is wealth? It is knowledge.|What is happiness? It is to remain settled in one’s own country.|What is rulership? It is to command obedience.
—Subhashita Manjari

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.
—John Wilkins (English Anglican Clergyman)

It is said that when the world ends, even the moutains start moving due to the force of the wind. But even when such a thing happens, the mental state of the brave does not waver since it is very clear. Clarity in thoughts gives you the strength to withstand anything.
—Subhashita Manjari

The way to build a nation is to build a good citizen. The majority of the citizens should be efficient, of good character and possess a reasonable high sense of duty.
—Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Indian Engineer)

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments.
—Marcel Proust (French Novelist)

Hope is the thing with feathers|That perches in the soul|And sings the tune without the words|And never stops at all,||And sweetest in the gale is heard;|And sore must be the storm|That could abash the little bird|That kept so many warm.||I’ve heard it in the chillest land|And on the strangest sea,|Yet never, in extremity,|It asked a crumb of me.
—Emily Dickinson (American Poet)

High station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.
—Tennessee Williams (American Playwright)

The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action.
—Jean-Baptiste Andre Godin

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
—Willis R. Whitney (American Chemist)

Each of us is given a pocketful of time to spend however we may. We use what we will. We waste what we will. But we can never get back a day.
—Unknown

If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got.
—Lee Iacocca (American Businessperson)

A challenge gives you the opportunity to flex your spiritual muscles.
—Unknown

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.
—Leo Buscaglia (American Motivational Speaker)

The life that is unexamined is not worth living.
—Plato (Ancient Greek Philosopher)

Working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.
—Winston Churchill (British Head of State)