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  • If you are tired of being so happy, try to UNDERSTAND a person!
  • It is not mandatory that the people whom you love, should also love you the same way!
  • Everything has got its own deadline including one's EGO!
  • An untold quote is being rigidly followed within!
  • Machines are far better than their creators as they do rarely behave absurd and without any valid reasons!
  • Every relation has a secret question about what one should pay for it. Some are lucky as the question doesn't last longer at all!
  • "You had been a very good friend of mine until there existed a mutual clash"!
  • At times the best way to honor the people is to treat them as how they want to be!
  • "If at all a single word could efface all the atrocities, I would dare to let my egotism grow and mutilate the people by cozening the belief first and ask a concomitant SORRY later!" - Raghavan alias Saravanan M.

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1. Shut yourself from the world and create the reality you want!

2. Performance is a compulsion, not an option; if my existence is to be justified!

3. I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them - John Stuart Mill

4. "Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute" - Josh Billings

5. "Being a nice person is being a GOAL KEEPER…no matter how many goals we save.. ..People will remember only the one that we missed.."

6. "The most difficult phase of life….is not when no one understands you….. but it is when you fail to understand yourself"

7. "Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."

8. "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." - Colin Powell

9. Argument wins the situation but loses the person. So never argue with your loved ones; Bcos the situation is not important than Ur loved ones..

10. "The man who moved a mountain was the one who began carrying away small stones." - Chinese Proverb

11. "Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people."

12. "Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

13. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.

14. A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of the idea - John Ciardi [Stan James of JavaRanch!, Bartender]

15. "When you justify how you treat others by what your enemies do, doesn't that simply make you a puppet of your enemies?" - Tim Holloway of JavaRanch//

16. "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

17. "Most of troubles in life are the result of saying YES too soon or NO too late"

18. "The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity."

19. "Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth. And set down as gain each day that Fortune grants."

20. "Life is lived forward but understood backward…"

21. "Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare."

22. "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all"

23. Love is when you look into someone's eyes, and see everything you need

24. "There is never a wrong time to do right thing."

25. Never explain you to any one Because the person who likes you doesn't need it and the person who dislikes you won't believe it..

26. If u think u r too small to make an impact, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito in it - Robin Sharma

27. Well done is better than well said. ~Benjamin Franklin

28. "Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else" - Will Rogers

29. "Dictionary is the only place where success comes before work"

30. "Conference: A confusion of one man multiplied by the number present"

31. The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.— Abraham Lincoln

32. Conference Room: A place where everybody talks,nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on

33. "Faith is not something to grasp.It is a state to grow into.Faith must be enforced by reason.When faith becomes blind it dies "

34. "It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them." - P. G. Wodehouse

35. "No matter which direction you start, it's always against the wind coming back"

36. "The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future." - Oscar Wilde

37. "As soon as one is unhappy one becomes moral." — Marcel Proust

38. "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."

39. "The secret of life is not enjoyment, but education through experience."

40. "It does not matter how slowly you go up, so long as you don't stop."

41. "Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire" - Dale Carnegie

42. "Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." - Dale Carnegie

43. "Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves." - Dale Carnegie

44. "Every man is his own chief enemy" - Anacharsis

45. "The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love." - Paulo Coelho

46. "Character, I am sure, lies in the genes" - Taylor Caldwell

47. "You never get second chance to make first impression."

48. "If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time" - EDITH WHARTON

49. "Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory." - ALBERT SCHWEITZER

50. "Worry gives small things a big shadow"

51. "Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient" - Aristotle

52. "Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." - BENJAMIN DISRAELI:

53. "Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others." - Buddha

54. "Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations" - EDWARD DE BONO

55. "The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven." - JOHN MILTON

56. "Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you plan to stop peddling."

57. "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."

58. "Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."

59. "Opportunities or Obstacles - depends on our perspective"

60. "Quality means doing it right when no one is looking".

61. "It's never too late to learn. And to become the person you've always wanted to be." - Robin Sharma

62. "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."

63. Whatever with the past has gone, the best is always yet to come.

64. "Falling down is not a defeat….defeat is when u refuse to get up….."

65. "Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!"

66. "Have the determination of a MIRROR, which never lose its ability to reflect in spite of it being broken pieces."

67. "Waves are very INSPIRING…Not because they rise very HIGH…….!!!Because they never fail to rise after each time they FALL…"

68. "There is no market for your sorrows in this world, so never advertise them"

69. "The language of friendship is not in words but in meanings"

70. "Success is the maximum utilizaion of the ability that you have" - Zig Ziglar

71. There is no difference between a Wise man and a Fool when they fall in Love!!!

72. "The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson."

73. "I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet." —Denis Waitely

74. "POSITIVE PICTURES COME FROM NEGATIVES DEVELOPED IN THE DARK"

75. "It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again."

76. "You are worth more than what you do, but less than what you think."

77. "Never waste a minute of your precious life by squandering it thinking about people you don't like."

78. "Poverty is not the absence of wealth, it is the absence of humane qualities, lack of manly abilities, and the absence of the desire to serve humanity"

79. "A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves."

80. "The next best thing to winning is losing! At least you've been in the race."

81. "You will please more people by listening to them than by talking to them."

82. "An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

83. "Whatever with the past has gone, the best is always yet to come.”

84. After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.

85. A goal is a dream with a deadline!

86. Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you
because you are a vegetarian. - Dennis Wholey

87. “Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be.”

88. Opinions are like hand watches. But, everyone believes that their time is correct.

89. You can achieve anything in the world provided you are ready to sacrifice everything else for it!

90. Only by great risks can great results be achieved!

91. You have to have confidence in your ability and then be tough enough to follow through

92. There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.

93. "Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times" - Niccolo Machiavelli

94. Be true to your own highest convictions,as no one can help you the way you can.

95. The biggest way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others!

96. Do not wish to be anything but what you are and try to be that perfectly.

97. There are times when silence has the loudest voice!

98. Never do anything to others that you don't like for yourself.

99. It is hard to tell if a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place

100. There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than bread! entered on 05August2008 Tuesday 224 PM IST //

101. "Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving."

102. You won't win if you don't begin!

103. Your own resolution to success is more important than any other thing.

104. We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

105. You are what you do, not [just] what you say!

106. Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.

107. "He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today."

108. I may get delayed to reach my targets. But every step towards target is equal to Victory!

109. "Success is like a ladder and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets." - Zig Ziglar

110. "If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting too."

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

112. A sincere compliment is one of the best ways to motivate staff, especially if paid in front of others.

113. The important thing is to be able to sacrifice what we are for what we can be.

114. Being a part of the mad race, you run so fast that at times, you actually forget where you started and in the process, forget ‘yourself’.

115. "Apologizing doesn't mean that you are wrong and the other is right. It only means that you value the relationship more than your personal ego!

116. Be strong enough to to face the world each day; Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything!

117. Be the first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds; Be the last to criticize a colleague who fails!

118. Be wise enough to know that you do not know everything; Be foolish enough to believe in miracles!

119. Be a leader when you see a path others have missed; Be a follower when you are shrouded in the midst of uncertainty!

120. Love is like a butterfly, it settles upon you when you least expect it!!!

121. Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

122. The biggest mistake of all is to avoid situations in which you might make a mistake

123. Four steps to achievement; Plan purposefully Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently!

124. Do not let what you cannot do,interfere with what you can do!

125. The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

126. Courageous risks are life-giving, they help you grow, make you brave and better than you think you are!

127. If a door slams shut, it means that God is pointing to an open door further on down.

128. Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we walk boldly through them.

129. If you don't put limits on your people then there will be no limits on your future.

130. You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

131. To be what we are and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only way in life.

132. Change yourself before you HAVE TO!

133. An enthusiast may bore others but he never has a dull moment himself.

134. Work like you don't need money ! Love like you've never been hurt !! Dance like noone's watching you !!!

135. When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anybody who leaves you and it doesn't mean that they are bad. It means that their part in the story is over!

136. Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste.

137. The important thing is to be able to sacrifice what we are for what we can be!

138. A person too busy to take care of his co-workers is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.

139. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love!!!

140. Work while you have the light, you are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

141. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.

142. Character, not circumstances, make the person!

143. What is called sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.

144. "Those who wish to sing, always find a song."

145. "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

146. When somebody criticizes you, don't worry; Stones are generally thrown only at tree full of fruits!!!

148. It is amazing what can be accomplished when nobody cares about who gets the credit.

149. The world's most happiest friends never have the same characters; they just make the best understanding of their differences!

150. There comes a point in your life when you realize who really matters, who never did, and who always will.

151. Kind words can be short and Easy to speak, But their echoes are truly endless.

152. Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

153. "Believing everybody is dangerous, Believing nobody is very dangerous"

154. Do not break the bridge that you might need to cross someday!!!

155. The challenges are like trees seen through a running train. When you approach them, they grow bigger. Once you pass them, they become smaller. So never be afraid of them.

155. Have a unique character like salt…Its presence is not felt, but its absence makes things useless…

156. "Never say everything you know; Never say you know everything"

157. If the path is beautiful, ask where it leads. But if the destination it beautiful, don't ask how the path is!

158. "IF WE CANNOT LOVE THE PERSON WHOM WE SEE,… HOW CAN WE LOVE GOD,WHOM WE CANNOT SEE ?" - Mother Teresa

159. The man who is always Smiling doesn’t means that he has no problem, But the smile shows that he has the ability to overcome all the problems.

160. The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it.

161. Memories play a very confusing ROLE. They make you laugh when you remember the times you cried; But make you cry when you remember the time you laughed!

162. We say we waste time but that is impossible. We waste ourselves!

163. One of the reasons why people hold on to memories so tightly is because memories are the only thing that don't change when everyone else does!"

164. The strongest of all warriors are these two - Time and Patience.

165. Well done is better than well said, so don't just say things but do what you are asked to!

166. When we have done our best, we should wait for the result in peace.

167. A little LAMP can do which even the SUN cannot do - it gives light at night. No one is superior by the size, but by the purpose.

168. Did you know that TEARS can be sometimes more special than your SMILE? Your smile can be given to anyone but TEARS can only be shed for people you don't want to lose.

169. A worth Saying: Its better to lose your ego to the one you love than to lose the one you love because of your ego!

170. "You will never find time for anything. You must make it." - Charles Buxton

171. The more you sweat in practice the less you bleed in the battle!

172. One who seeks a faultless friend , shall remain friendless forever.

173. Give thousand chances for your enemy to become your friend; Give no chance for your friend to become your enemy.

174. To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

175. "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." — Can't Completely accept this :)

176. If everyone is happy with you, surely you have made a lot of compromises in your life.

177. If you are depressed, confused, hurt, Don't worry. Go in front of the mirror, you will find the best person who will solve your problems. Trust yourself.

178. Before climbing up the ladder of success, make sure that the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

179. Don't be disappointed if the world refuse to help you out. Remember words of Einstein — "I'm thankful to all those who said NO. It's because of them I did it myself.

180. Success is not a matter of being the best & winning the race; It is a matter of handling the worst & finishing the race.

181. "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him" — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

182. Good friends are like stars, you don't always see them - but you know they are there.

183. You can have anything in the world you want, if you want it badly enough and if you're willing to pay the price

184. Never try to lose dear ones who really care for you because you may never get back mirror once it is dropped..!

185. Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability

186. The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

187. If you want a thing done, do it yourself and you'll find satisfactory results.

188. "People are as Happy as they decide to be"

189. "A clever person solves a problem. But a wise person avoids it!"

190. When everything seems lost, remember that future remains! :)

191. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric." - Bertrand Russell

192. You can become strongest in your weakest place!

193. "If I have 8 hours to cut down a tree, I spend 6 hours to sharpen my axe" - Abraham Lincoln.

194. "If you have cried today, always think that the smile you deserved today has been given by God to someone else who really needed it".

195. The best part of life is when your family understands you as a friend and your friends support you as your family!

196. Accept what you cannot change, change what you cannot accept!

197. "Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity." - Joseph Sugarman

198."Many people may listen, but few people actually hear." - Harvey Mackay

199. Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out." – Robert Collier

200. No goal is too hard to attain when you persevere". 23 February 2009 Monday 1225 PM IST

201.SMILE and TEARS are the best couple in the Universe. Rarely do they meet, but if they meet that will be the most gorgeous moment ever!

202. “For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?” — James Allen

203. War doesn’t decide who is right , but decides who is left!

204. "Do not let what you cannot do. Interfere with what you can do." —John Wooden

205. Even the applause of a single human being is of great consequence

206. Four things never come back; The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life and a neglected opportunity.

207. "The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it." - Sir William Osler

208. "Habit is like a soft bed, easy to get into but hard to get out of."

209. Yes and No are very short words, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.

210. "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily." -Zig Ziglar

211. There is no great achievement that is not the result of patience, working and waiting.

212. "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed." — Mark Twain

213. "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." - Booker T. Washington

214. "The history of the world is the history of a few people who had faith in themselves." - Swami Vivekananda

215. "There are years that ask questions, and years that answer." -Zora Neale Hurston [kaalam bathil sollum]

216. "We always have time enough, if we will use it in a right away"

217. People don't trust people who don't listen well — Robin Sharma

218. If Yesterday didn't end up the way u planned, Just remember…GOD created today for u to start a new one…

219. The secret to getting ahead is getting started.

220. "Our lives improve only when we take chances, and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves." - Walter Anderson

221. Never let an individual dominate a team.

222. "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose".- Bill Gates

223. "There is no great achievement that is not the result of patience, working and waiting".

224. "They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." -Andy Warhol, 1928-1987 , American Artist

225. Breaking promise hurts, the person breaking it more.

226. From time to time stop and ask yourself, 'What am I really trying to achieve, 'what is my aim?'.

227. Offer your customers at least one service they cannot get anywhere else.

228. "Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments." - Henry Ward Beecher

229. You know its love when all you want is that person to be happy; even if you are not part of their happiness.

230. "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." – Les Brown

231. "Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses." -Dale Carnegie

232. Patience and perseverance have magical effect, before which all the difficulties disappear. - Wisemen

233. Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

234. Swallowing your pride seldom leads to indigestion.

235. "You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake." - Bob Hope

236. "The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone." - Oswald Chambers

237. Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.

238. "Time is like a river; you cannot touch the same water twice; because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of life."

239. "The best way to reduce stress is to get organised"

240. Choice, not chance, determines destiny.

241. Beautiful life is just an imagination. But life is more beautiful than any imagination

242. "If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough." - Oprah Winfrey

243. "Be the reason for someone's Happiness, never a part of it; Be a part of someone's sadness, never the reason for it"

244. "If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self." Napoleon Hill

245. We are rich through what we give and poor through what we refuse and keep.

246. Keep yourself alive fresh currents of thoughts and emotions into the things you do from habit.

247. He's great, who can do what he wishes. He's wise who wishes to do what he can.

248. To change and to improve are not necessarily the same things!

249. We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn.We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve.We must serve before we can lead!

250. “A man is occasionally thankful when he says 'Thank you'." - Anonymous.

251. “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

252. It is always the end of something that makes us realize how beautiful the beginning and the relationship was. :)

253. Time is a rare luxury which can never be purchased at any cost. So when someone spends with you, it defines the depth of care and love they have for you!

254. Show your love and care where it gets respected. Otherwise your heart will be wounded when you come to know that there is no meaning of them.

255. It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

256. “There is no greater courage than that of recognizing one’s own mistakes” - The Mother

257. "One goes much faster than when he is not In a hurry” - The Mother

258. “Be Sincere and I am ready to correct your mistakes a thousand times if necessary” - The Mother

259. The lucky don't realise how lucky they are.By the time, they realise how lucky they were, they are no longer lucky!

260. Work while you have the light, you are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

261. "The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes." – Benjamin Disraeli

262. True friends are two people who are comfortable sharing silence together!

263. “He who wants to advance on the path of perfection must never complain about the difficulties on the way, for each is an opportunity for a new progress.To complain is a sign of weakness and insincerity..” – The Mother

264. “Realisation—that is what we aspire for and for which we shall strive unceasingly however long it may take.” - The Mother

265. "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." – Booker T. Washington

266. "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try one more time." -Thomas Edison

267. “No life can be successful without self-discipline" - The Mother

268. Who said "Open" n "Close" are words with opposite Meaning. You will always be open to the person who is close to you.

269. "Make a success of living by seeing the goal and aiming for it unswervingly." - Cecil B. De Mille

270. “It is always very good to make use of things instead of uselessly destroying them” - The Mother

271. “The victory of yesterday must be only one step towards tomorrow’s victory.” - The Mother

272. “ Accomplishment is without any doubt the fruit of patience.” - The Mother

273. "Always bear in mind that our own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing." - Abraham Lincoln

274. Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose!

275. "Try to forget yourself in the service of others. For when we think too much of ourselves and our own interests, we easily become despondent. But when we work for others, our efforts return to bless us." - Sidney Powell

276. In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love. - Mother Teresa

277. Man is like a fraction. The numerator is what he is and the denominator is what he thinks he is. The Greater the denominator the smaller the fraction!

278. "A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done"

279. “Make forgiveness a habit, It is not enough to forgive once or twice or thrice. We must keep on forgiving as often we are wronged.” - The Mother

280. “If you want to be respected, always be respectable.” - The Mother

281. “The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.”

282. Always remember that beginnings of all great things are small.

283. "To the question of your life, you are the only Answer."

284. “It is only when people truly want their consciousness to be changed that their actions also can be changed.” – The Mother

285. “Be Sincere and I am ready to correct your mistakes a thousand times if necessary” - The Mother

286. "Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years." - Bob Brown

287. There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there - Indira Gandhi

288. If you change, people you've been involved with won't like the new you but other people who do, will come along.

289. Be kinder than necessary; because every one you meet is facing some kind of battle.

290. "When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." -Wayne Dyer. Psychotherapist, Author and Speaker

291. “No life can be successful without self-discipline.” - The Mother

292. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams

293. Peace is happiness; but Happiness is NOT peace!

294. Customers won't give large orders if you can't handle small ones.

295. Loneliness is awesome when you choose it for yourself, but it is horrible when others choose it for you!

296. Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package!

297. "You don't have to be great to start, But you have to start to be great." -Joe Sabah

298. “It is always better to keep a quite mind and to abstain from rushing to conclusions before you have necessary information” - The Mother

299. If you want a thing done, do it yourself and you'll find satisfactory results.

300. "Cowards die many times before their actual deaths." [ 03 August 2009 Monday 1 28 PM IST ] [Source: Ramachandra Raikar's GTalk Status]

301. To accept good advice from others is but to increase one's own ability.

302. There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them

303. “The extent of your difficulties gives you the measure of your ego.” - The Mother

304. The man who cannot believe in himself, cannot believe in anything else.

305. “It is not because a thing is difficult that one should give it up, On the contrary, the more a thing is difficult the more determined should one be to succeed in it.” - The Mother

306. Try to win, and not to defeat. Yes, there is a difference!

307. Having faith in a person is the best thing you can do for him/her.

308. Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did!

309. People are made to be loved and things are made to be used. The crazy fact in reality is it is the reverse.

310. Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach - Tom Robbins

311. Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open - Elmer G. Letterman

312. “One does not become wise by talking much; one is called wise if one is forbearing, without fear or foe.” -The Mother

313. "We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world". - Helen Keller

314. Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste.

315. “You cannot expect anybody to be perfect unless you are perfect yourself.”- The Mother

316. "If in life everything was easy, then it would be a life of nothing. Because difficulties come on your way it shows you have possibilities. Do not be afraid.” - The Mother

317. "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. " - Albert Einstein

318. The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

319. "Never get hurt when god takes something off your hands, it's sure that he is leaving you empty handed to receive something else better." - Wisemen

320. “Material success may result in the accumulation of possessions; But only spiritual success will enable you to enjoy them” - Nido Qubein

321. The shortest answer is doing. - Lord Herbert

322. If you are in crowd, beware of your words, If you are alone, beware of your thoughts.

323. Trust only those who stand to lose as much as you do when things go wrong.

324."As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy

325. "Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then find a way" - Abraham Lincoln

326. One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody. - Mother Teresa

327. "Never let an individual dominate a team" - Wisemen

328. “Everything can be used for the progress to be made; everything can be useful if we know how to use it.” - The Mother

329. "Improvement always begins with 'I'" - Wisemen

330. "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing" - Wise men

331. “A leader is a dealer of hope.” - Napoleon Bonaparte

332. "It is easier to do a good job than to explain why you did not do" - Wise men

333. "The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant." - Max De Pree, "Leadership Is an Art"

334. “Always do what you know to be the best even if it the most difficult thing to do” - The Mother

335. “The happiness you give makes you more happy than the happiness you receive.” - The Mother

336. “A day passed without accomplishing a good action is a day without soul” - The Mother

337. “There is a great beauty in simplicity” - The Mother

338. "The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything, if one wants to succeed in business - or almost anywhere else for that matter." - Lee Iacocca

339. "Never get close to anyone, unless you know that you can live without them" - Wise men

340. Ego and Attitude should be like underwear, you should have it but you should not show to others unless you are a superman.

341. “Do not attach too much importance to what is said. Words are only words and in each mind they take a different colouring.” - The Mother

342. “If you change one thing - you change everything” - Wise men

343. "Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something, without feeling the necessity to prove someone else is wrong." - Sydney J. Harris

344. A promise made is a debt unpaid!

345. It is important to realize people who love you rather than the ones who you "think" love you!!

346. “To Smile at an enemy is to disarm him." – The Mother

347. “It is better to do well than to do quickly” - The Mother

348. Speak when you are angry- and you will make the best speech you'll regret !!

349. “The more a mind is ignorant, the more easily it judges everything it does not know or is incapable of understanding.” - The Mother

350. "If you do not wish to say something which is true, instead of lying just keep silent." - The Mother

351. "A mistake one denies is a mistake one refuses to set right." - The Mother

352. "When a mistake is made, it must always be used as a means for progress; once the necessary change is realized,
the mistake and its cause disappear and there can be no repetition." - The Mother

353. "Expect more from yourself than from others. Because expectation from others hurts a lot, while expectation from you inspires a lot….!"

356. The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.

357. In all opinions there is something true and something false. It is indeed a great and useful thing to be able to listen to the opinions of others without losing one’s temper. - The Mother

358. What you do on a daily basis imperfectly gives better results than what you do perfectly but inconsistently.

359. Do not attach undue importance to unimportant things. - The Mother

360. If the need is a true one, the means to do it will come spontaneously..- The Mother

361. "Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it." - Horace Mann

362. What you are not able to do today, you will achieve tomorrow. Persevere and you shall conquer. - The Mother

363. It is always better to keep a quiet mind and to abstain from rushing to conclusions before you have the necessary information - The Mother

364. We cannot choose our external circumstances. However, we can always choose how to respond to them.

365. Any work done with care becomes interesting - The Mother

366. The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges. -Martin Luther King Jr.

367. "When everything goes wrong, one must know how to remember that God is all-powerful". - The Mother

368. "To begin a work and to leave it half done and to start another work elsewhere, is not a very wholesome habit." - The Mother

369. "It is not because a thing is difficult that one should give it up, on the contrary, the more a thing is difficult the more determined should one be to succeed in it." - The Mother

370. "It is only in quietness and peace that one can know what is the best thing to do." - The Mother

371. "A noblest courage is to recognize one’s faults."- The Mother

372. "Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen, and some people say what happened." — Casey Stengel, Hall-of-Fame baseball manager

373. "A mistake one denies is a mistake one refuses to set right."- The Mother

374. "Any work done with care becomes interesting."- The Mother

375. "It is better to do well than to do quickly."- The Mother

376. "Before deciding that something is wrong in others or in circumstances, you must be quite sure of the correctness of your judgment"- The Mother

377. "If you do not wish to say something which is true, instead of lying just keep silent." - The Mother

378. "A steady hope helps much on the way." - The Mother

379. "People can see only your actions. They cannot decipher your intentions!"

380. "It is not enough to know, you must practise. It is not enough to pretend, you must be."- The Mother

381. “It is no use excusing yourself; you must have the Will never to fall back into the faults you have committed” - The Mother

382. "You plan your future by seeing the present but GOD plans your present seeing the future." - Wise men

383. “It is difficult to get rid of all habits. They must be faced with a steady determination.” - The Mother

384. “All who are truly strong and powerful are always very calm. It is only the weak who are restless. True calmness is always a sign of forcefulness.” - The Mother

385. “You can't start the next chapter of your life, If you keep re-reading the last one.”

386. "Have Faith that things will work out, may be NOT how you planned but how it is meant to be…

Funny Quotes

1. "I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her." - Rodney Dangerfield

2. "When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice." - Saul Bellow

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