Fail greatly

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." - JFK -

Bare feet

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." - Kahlil Gibran -

Relativity

"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute - and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity." - Albert Einstein -

Time

"So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the path of each man's genius contracts itself to a very few hours." - Ralph Waldo Emerson -

Overlook

"The art of being wise is knowing where to overlook." - William James -

Yellow Ribbon

"No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon." - Napoleon -

Yellow Ribbon

"No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon." - Napoleon -

A part of the main

"No man is an island entire of himself, every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main..." - John Donne -

Thanks

"If I can see much farther, it's because I am standing on the shoulders of giants." - Sir Isaac Newton -

Design future

"The best way to predict the future is to help design it." - Peter Drucker -

Insanity

"The definition of insanity is doing something the same way... while expecting a different result." - Albert Einstein -

Doing right things

"People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things." - Steven Covey -

To be

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot -

Persistence

"Energy and persistence conquer all things." - Benjamin Franklin -

Destiny

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." - William Jennings Bryan -

Self-confidence

"The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you." - William Jennings Bryan -

Time

Time is
Too slow for those who want,
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice,
But for those who love,
Time is not.
- Henry Van Dyke -

Pliable

"Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong." - Zen proverb -

Potter and Clay

"There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. They both liked antiques and pottery and especially teacups. This was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. One day in this beautiful shop they saw a beautiful teacup. They said, "May we see that? We've never seen one quite so beautiful." As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the teacup spoke.

"You don't understand," it said. "I haven't always been a teacup. There was a time when I was red and I was clay. "My master took me and rolled me and patted me over and over and I yelled out, "let me alone", but he only smiled, "Not yet."

"Then I was placed on a spinning wheel," the teacup said, "and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. Stop it! I'm getting dizzy!" I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, 'Not yet”.

Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I wondered why he wanted to burn me, and I yelled and knocked at the door. I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as He shook his head, "Not yet”.

Finally the door opened, he put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. "There, that's better," I said. And he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. "Stop it, stop it!" I cried. He only nodded, "Not yet."

Then suddenly he put me back into the oven, not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. All the time I could see him through the opening nodding his head saying, "Not yet."

Then I knew there wasn't any hope. I would never make it. I was ready to give up. But the door opened and he took me out and placed me on the shelf. One hour later he handed me a mirror and said, "Look at yourself." And I did. I said, "That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful.”
"I want you to remember, then," he said, "I know it hurts to be rolled and patted, but if I had left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled. I knew it hurt and was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked.

I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened; you would not have had any color in your life. And if I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't survive for very long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. You are what I had in mind when I first began with you."

Do something wonderful

"Don't be encumbered by history, just go out and do something wonderful." - Robert Noyce -

Curiosity

"You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives." - Anonymous -

Do your best

Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life
of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and
realities of your existence;
The bliss of growth
The glory of action
Splendor of achievement,
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived,
makes every yesterday a
dream of happiness
And tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore to this day!
Such is the salutation to the dawn.

- Kalidasa in Shakuntalam -

Live

"You better live every day like it's your last because one day you're going to be right." - Ray Charles -

Ingenuity

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George S. Patton US general (1885 - 1945) -

Life

"Life is what happens while we’re busy making other plans." - John Lennon -

Problem

"A problem well described is half solved." - John Dewey -

Longing

"If you want to build a boat, do not instruct the men to saw wood, stitch the sails, prepare the tools and organize the work, but make them long for setting sail and travel to distant lands." - Antoine De Saint Exupery -

Pull and Push

"Pull the string, and it will follow whereever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all." - Dwight D. Eisenhower -

Learning

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself." - Chinese Proverb -

Freedom

"It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains." - Thomas Huxley -

Freedom

"It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains." - Thomas Huxley -

Simplicity

"One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity." - Bruce Lee -

Reality

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Albert Einstein -

Power

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln -

Leadership

“Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.” - Gen. Colin Powell -

Heaven

"I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy." - Mahatma Gandhi -

Counsel

“He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both.” - Francis Bacon -

Education

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X -

Future

"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is." - C S Lewis -

Thought

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think." - Benjamin Disraeli -

Life

"The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live." - Norman Cousins -

The one who hinders your growth!

“One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big notice on the door on which was written: 'Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym'.

In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know who was that man who hindered the growth of his colleagues and the company itself. The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room.

The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up. Everyone thought: 'Who is this guy who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he died!'. One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.

There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: ‘There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU’.

You are the only person who can revolutionize your life.
You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success.
You are the only person who can help yourself.
Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company changes.
Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life.

'The most important relationship you can have is the one you have with yourself'” - Author unknown -

Wonder

"Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge." - Abraham Joshua Heschel -

People

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” — Dale Carnegie -

Competition

"The wages of work is cash.
The wages of cash is want for more cash.
The wages of want more cash is vicious competition.
The wages of vicious competition is -
The world we live in." - D H Lawrence -

Smiles

"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 F. Buscaqlia -



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Light

"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. A person only gains light by bringing light into another's life." - Unknown author -

Nothing gold can stay

"Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay."

- Robert Frost -

Road

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." - Unknown Author"

Never give in

"Never give in, never, never, never, never; in nothing, great or small—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense." - Sir Winston Churchill -

Serenity

"The waters are in motion, but the moon retains its serenity." - Daisetz Suzuki -

Gratitude

"Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone." - Gladys Browyn Stern -

For bread

"The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread." – Portuguese Proverb -

Learning

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." - Pablo Picasso -

Change

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead -

Art of giving

“How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving” - James Cash Penny -

Kindness

“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now.” - Mahatma Gandhi -

Moments

“You will find as you look back upon your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others” - Unknown author -

Kindness

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” - Aesop -

Power

“Never before has man had such great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world” - John F. Kennedy -

Lift Up

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else” - Booker T. Washington -

Giving

“We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give.” - Winston Churchill -

Power

"With great power there must also come great responsibility." - "Uncle Ben" in the film Spider Man

Time

"You may delay, but time will not." - Benjamin Franklin -

Opportunity

"You miss 100% of the shots that you never take." - Wayne Gretzky -

Art of Life

"The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings." - Okakura Kakuzo -

Do something!

"Don't be encumbered by history, just go out & do something wonderful." - Robert Noyce -

Choice

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” - Eleanor Roosevelt -

Purpose

“So may a thousand actions, once afoot, end in one purpose, and be well borne without defeat.” -
William Shakespeare -

Go forward

"I feel that we all must live, so that when we are gone, everyone will miss the work we did, but someone has learned by watching us, how to take up the banner and go forward." - Author Unknown -

Under Control

"If everything is under control, you are going too slow." - Mario Andretti -

Why poor have no food?

“When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” - Helder Camara -

Principles

"Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it." - George H. Lorimer -

Guide

"I take as my guide the hope of a saint:
in crucial things, unity -
in important things, diversity -
in all things, generosity." - Inaugural address of President George Bush -

Giving

“It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in giving.” - Mother Theresa –

Move

"Nothing happens until something moves." - Albert Einstein -

Enthusiasm

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we really need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Unknown Author -

Biggest mistake

"The biggest mistake people make in life is NOTmaking a living at doing what they most enjoy." - Malcolm S Forbes -

Work

"Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying." - Studs Terkel -

Bold

"Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." - Goethe -

Heart

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius -

Love

"Love doesn't just sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new." - Ursula K LeGuin -

Life - what a ride!

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body - but rather a skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘WOW, what a ride!’ " - Anonymous -

Stone

"Be as a stone cast upon the water that the positive influence of your action may extend far beyond the power of a mere pebble in the hand of a man." - Author unknown -

Half awake

"Compared to what we ought to be - we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental resources. Stating the things broadly, the human individual thus lives far within his limits. He possesses powers of various sorts which he habitually fails to use!" - William James -

Stone

"Be as a stone cast upon the water that the positive influence of your action may extend far beyond the power of a mere pebble in the hand of a man." - Author unknown -

Bold

"Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." - Goethe -

Your heart

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius -

Treasures

"The value of a single day of life exceeds all other treasures." - Nichern -

Delight in work

"Why delight in work? Fundamentally, I suppose, because there is a sense of relief and pleasure in getting something done - a satisfaction not unlike that which a hen enjoys on laying an egg." - H.L. Mencken -

Your own Bible

"Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your reading have been to you like a blast of triumph Shakespeare, Seneca, Moses, John and Paul." - Emerson -

Slow dance

"Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
’Cause you never had time
To call and say,"Hi"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day, It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over."

- Anonymous -

Thanks Ramya for sharing this with us.

Practice

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee -

Conversation

“A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month’s study of books.”  - A chinese proverb -

Power

"Nobody gives you power; you just take it."  - Tom Peters -

Glowworm

“We are all worms.  But I do believe that I am a glow-worm.”  - Winston Churchill –

Source: tompeters.com   

A god within

“The Greeks bequeathed to us one of the most beautiful words in our language - the word

‘enthusiasm’- en theos - a god within.  The grandeur of human actions is measured by the

inspiration from which they spring.  Happy is he who bears a god within, and who obeys it.” - Louis Pasteur –

Source: tompeters.com

Glowworm

Competition

"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there."  - Indira Gandhi -

Who is right or wrong?

An old man, a little boy, and a donkey were heading towards a faraway city. As they started off on their journey, after awhile, both the old man and the little boy got tired. So they both rode on the donkey at the same time.

As they passed the first village, people were looking at them with consternation, whispering to each other, "Look at how cruel that man and boy is, both riding the poor donkey, how tired that donkey must be". The old man felt ashamed, so he got down from the donkey and let the little boy ride on the donkey.

As they passed the second village, people were looking at them angrily, whispering to each other, "Look how disrespectful that boy is, riding on the donkey while the poor old man walked all this way on his own tired feet". Not wanting people to think ill of the little boy, the old man trade places, so that he rode on the donkey while the little boy walked on foot.

As they passed the third village, people were looking at them and frowned, whispering to each other, "Look how irresponsible that old man is, riding on the donkey while the poor little boy walked all this way on his tired little feet". Having gotten enough of the villagers' criticisms, both the old man and the little boy walked on their own, with their donkey following behind them.

Their walk was long, their shoes became torn and worn, their clothes dusty and dirty. Both looked very tired and are about to pass out at any moment. When they finally reached the city, people were looking and laughing at them and smirking, whispering to each other, "Look at the two foolish beggars, they have a donkey and yet do not ride it..instead of riding the donkey to save themselves some energy, they are suffering because of their foolishness."

 

Source:  Dennis at flexitarian.blogspot.com