My Favourite Quotes

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
When you don't know what harbor you're
aiming for, no wind is the right wind.
Seneca
 
The greatest discovery is that a human being can alter his life
by altering his attitudes of mind.
William James

If there is no dull and determined effort,
there will be no brilliant achievement.
Hsun-tzu

He who would learn to fly
must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance;
one cannot fly into flying.
Nietzsche

We can do anything we want if
we stick to it long enough.
Helen Keller

The merit of an action lies
in finishing it to the end.
Genghis Khan

Live every act fully,
as if it were your last.
Buddha

No man ever became great except
through many and great mistakes.
William E. Gladstone

Only by great risks can
great results be achieved.
Xexes

You must act as if it is
impossible to fail
Ashanti Proverb

All things at first appear difficult.
Chinese Proverb

The beginnings of all things are small.
Cicero

Action must be taken at once; there
is no time to be lost.
Miguel Hidalgo

In the middle of difficulty lies
opportunity.
Albert Einstein

Never , never, never,  never give up.
Winston Churchill

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is
only to be understood.
Marie Curie

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
Confucius

If you are not ready today, you will
be even less ready tomorrow.
Ovid

Hear and forget. See and remember.
Do and understand.
Chinese Proverb

Nothing is so difficult that it cannot be
accomplished by diligence.
Terence

Things do not happen. Things are made
to happen.
John F. Kennedy

One must learn by doing the thing: though you
think you know it, you can't be certain until you try.
Sophocles

Nothing would be done at all it we waited until it
could be done so well that no one could find fault
with it.
Cardinal Newman

Do the little things well now. In time great things
will be presented to you, waiting to be done.
Persian Proverb

There is no darkness but ignorance.
Shakespeare

Happy are those who can call today their own:
who, secure within can say, tomorrow, do thy
worst, for I have lived today.
John

One should count each day a separate life.
Seneca

Who can say with certainty that
one will live to see tomorrow?
Tibetan Proverb

No matter how hard the past, you
can always begin again today.
Buddha

The beginning is the most
important part of the work.
Plato

Procrastination

Never put off till tomorrow , what you can do to-day

What causes procrastinations :-

1. Fear of disapproval.
2. Laziness
3. Doubts

Fear of disapproval is the main cause of procrastinations. The victim of procrastination believes that even if fulfills his obligations , he would be still rejected, criticized , that's why he better decides not to try at all. But this a big mistake , he is making , it's better to try and then be disapproved than not to try at all  , because when you try something , make efforts to accomplish a task , you always get a sense of satisfaction, you go through a process which adds to your experience .It further sends positive signals to our self conscience , raising our moral. But not trying at all makes us feel guilty , it takes away our positive energy and fills negativity all around.

Sometimes we fear disapproval because of delay in the projects/tasks , but social science says that " People are generally not concerned by how long it takes to complete a task , but they are more interested in how well work is done"

   

Laziness , lack of physical exercises makes our spirit dull. Just like a machine requires maintenance, our body ,too requires regular physical as well mental(meditations) exercises. There is no need of spending hours for taking exercises but if you can spare and hour or a half for Yoga or other light exercises , then nothing like that.But don't expect miracles in days or few weeks , Yoga must be done for at least 6 months before you can start reaping it's results.

One must build self confidence and have a positive attitude. If you are confident and have a positive attitude then the doubts start receding away from you. Think about the solutions , find out the all sources which can help, take fresh initiatives and above all never mind failure. In fact failures are stepping stones towards success. Just don't live with your failures, they are the milestones but not the goals .We all failed  several times in various stages of life , but life don't stop , success follows failure . A failures is a failure in one aspect , but the other aspect of it is that it gives us learning , we learn the methods which do not work , next we can improve our methods, so that it works.

MAYA THE ILLUSION

Is it Day or is it Night, What is it, I can’t make it out!

This is all illusion, the Maya

That which appears to be a Diamond, Might be a Fire

And that which appears to be a sparking, Might turn out to be a Star,

This is all illusion, the Maya

All faces look alike in the crowd, and how will you identify which is friend or foes

This is all illusion, the Maya

Problems are like washing machines

Problems are like washing machines

 - they twist us,

 - spin us and knock us around,

   but in the end we come out

   cleaner, brighter and better than before.

Carcasse, tu trembles?

 

“Carcasse, tu trembles?
Tu tremblerais bien davantage, si
tu savais, où je te mène.”

- Henri de la tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (1611-1675)

Sometimes in a battle Carcaisse couldn’t help trembling, then instead of consoling his body he spoke to his body as if one speaks to a servant and said Carcaisse you tremble but you will tremble a lot more, if you knew where I am taking you now.

 So sometimes when we are passing through difficult times then grief overcomes us and we are in a state of melancholy, we become distraught. But if we come to know that the problems which we are facing are just insignificant as compared to those which we are going to face, then suddenly we realize that we are better off than the tough times ,waiting ahead. Problems, difficulties, tough times are always relative, a sum of 10000$ might be   just enough to support day’s living for a billionaire but the same amount will take care for month for a poor. The amount is same but its value varies from person to person. Similarly the problems which we are facing like shortage of funds, loss someone etc. , if we can change out attitude toward the problem then surely we can face it in a more better and stronger way. If we can take control of nerves, our reactions, then we can definitely lessen the aftereffects of the crisis.

Nothing endures but Change.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

—Confucius

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

—Mohandas Gandhi

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

—Frank Herbert

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is nothing permanent except change.

 —Heraclitus.

Money rules this world.

 

 

Today I had to go out to a bank Rohini sector-7; I reached there in 20 minutes. I was on my bike. There were a number of vehicles outside the Bank, I was looking for some space to park the bike, a Rickshaw driver was also waiting outside the bank, apparently the passenger must have been inside the bank, although it came to my mind to request him to park it towards other side, but then I found some spare space and parked my bike. In the meantime a car came; someone from inside the car shouted at rickshaw driver and asked to remove the rickshaw from there. The Rickshaw driver moved it towards other side and made room fro the car, immediately without any complain. But what came to my was the that Rickshaw and he car are both  driven by human but car gets more priority because it is much costlier as compared to rickshaw and also the rickshaw driver is quite poor as compared to car man. The rickshaw driver easily submitted to the car man, although he had the equal right before the law, as a citizen he has the equal right before the law, but laws only exist for those who are aware of them and have the might and means to defend their rights.

  

Though this is quite a simple event, but it teaches us about a bitter truth of life that “Might is right and money always rules this world, and perhaps it will always rule the world”.  Logic and reasons are mere interpretations of events.