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Quotable quotes

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.           Mahatma Gandhi

For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.

Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.     Edgar Watson Howe

What government is best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.   

They cannot take away our self respect if  we do not give it to them.

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.

People generally quarrel because they can’t argue.          G.K. Chesterton.

Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.                       Benjamin Franklin

To-night, at least to-night be gay. Whate’er  tomorrow brings.

Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water.

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Light tomorrow with today.      Elizabeth Barrett.

All is well ended, if the suit be won. Shakespeare.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is    A.Camus

None but yourself who are your greatest foe.   H.W. Longfellow.

Remember that credit is money.     Benjamin Franklin

To be once in doubt is once to be resolved.   W. Shakespeare

Dig your well before you’re thirsty.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.    A. Camus

In politics an absurdity is not handicap.

Real generosity TOWARDS THE FUTURE LIES IN GIVING ALL IN THE PRESENT.

People do not lack strength they lack will

Things sweet to taste prove digestion sour.

Humility is the quick key to success.

We must be the change we wish to be in the world.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow and learn as if you were to live forever,

How who will not economise will have to agonize. Confucius.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people. Indira Gandhi

One man with courage makes a majority.

He who begins many things finishes nothing.

The brave finds home in every land.  

Art lies in concealing art.

Men take only their needs into consideration never their abilities. N. Bonaparte.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance         Benjamin Franklin

Life belongs to the living and he who lives, must be prepared for changes.

For everything you must have missed you have gained something.

By learning to obey, you will know how to command.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.   syrus   

The self educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities

Adversity makes men  and prosperity makes monsters

Nothing is stronger than habit.

To different minds, the same world is a hell and a heaven   R.W. emerson

He gets through too late who goes too fast.   Syrus

Fish and guests smell after three days.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.  A. Camus.

The miserable have no other medicine. But only hope.   W.Shakespeare

Adversity makes men,  and prosperity makes monsters.     V.Hugo

Believe nothing and be on the guard against everything.    Latin proverb

A woman’s always younger than a man of equal years.   Elizabeth barrett

In time we hate that which we fear.    W. Shakespeare

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as carriage.   Syrus

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary. N Bonaparte

how to write

 On Inspiration: “I procrastinate, check some emails … then I start. I write my books very quickly because I cannot stop.”
On Confidence: “You cannot sell your next book by underrating your book that was just published. Be proud of what you have.”
On Simplicity: “What counts in a good story is the person inside. Keep it simple.”
strong>On Trust: “Trust your reader. Don’t try to describe things. Give a hint and they will fulfill this hint with their own imagination.”

On Writing: “I write the book that wants to be written. Behind the first sentence is a thread that takes you to the last.”

On Expertise: “You cannot take something out of nothing. When you write a book, you use your experience.”
On Critics: “Writers want to please their peers. They want to be recognized. Forget about this. Who cares? You should care to share your soul and not to please other writers who will write a review that nobody is going to read.”
On Overcoming Stagnation: “If I don’t feel inspired, I need to move forward. You need to have be disciplined.”
On Research: “If you overload your book with a lot of research, you are going to be very boring to yourself and to your reader. Books are not there to show how intelligent you are. Books are there to show your soul.”
On Notetaking: “I use notes to take them out of my head. I will never use them the next day – they will be useless.”
On Story Arcs: “There are only four types of stories: love story between 2 people, love story between 3 people, a struggle for power, and a journey.”
On Style: “Don’t try to innovate storytelling. Tell a good story and it is magical. I see people trying to work so much in style, finding different ways to tell the same thing. It is like fashion. Style is the dress, but the dress does not dictate what is inside the dress. What counts is the person.”
On Notetaking II : “If you want to capture ideas, you are lost. You are going to be detached from emotions and forget to live your life. You will be an observer and not a human being living his or her life. Forget notetaking. What is important remains, what is not important goes away.”

shbir Singh Saini

Blogosphere

  • 64% of Bloggers are Hobbyists and 27% of Bloggers are Full-Time Bloggers
  • 21% of Bloggers are Blogging for more than 6 years
  • 25% of Bloggers are using mobile devices for Blogging
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  • 40% of Bloggers are using WordPress as their blogging paltform
  • 30% of Bloggers lie in the age group of 25-34 years and 27% are of age group 35-44 years
  • 11% of Bloggers earn their Primary Income from Blogging
  • 40% of Bloggers are earning by displaying ads on their blogs

tips for greatness from robin sharma

Harvey Keitel and windows of opportunity

 

I spent lot of time encouraging the readers of my books and participants at my workshops on personal and organizational leadership ‘run towards your fears’ and to seize those “cubic centimeters of chance” when they present themselves. I challenge my clients to dream to shine to dare, because to me life well lived is all about reaching for your highest and your best. And, in my mind the person who experiences the most wins.

Each day, life will send you little windows of opportunity. Your destiny will ultimately be defined by how you respond to these windows of opportunity. Shrink from them and your life will be small.  Feel the fear and run to them anyway and your life will be big, Life’s just too short to play little. Even with your kids, you kids you only have a tiny window to develop them and champion their highest potential.  And to show them what unconditional love looks like. When the window closes it’s hard to re open it.

 

Nothing fails like success

Powerful thought isn’t it?? You as well as your organization, are most vulnerable when you are most successful. Success breeds complacency(self-satisfaction), inefficiency and worst of all arrogance.

When people and businesses get really successful, they fall in love with themselves. They stop working hard, stop innovating, taking risks and begin to rest on their laurels.

They go on the defensive, spending their energy protecting their success rather than staying true to the very things that got them to the top.

This past weekend, I took my kids to our favorite Italian restaurant. The food is incredible there. The best bresaola outside of Italy, Heavenly pasta, super foamy lattes that make me want to give up my job and become a barista. But the service is bad, Why? Because the place is always full. Because they are doing so well they’ve taken the lines for granted. And guess what It’s the beginning of their end.

I love taking pictures. I asked our server if she could take a picture of my children and me as we dug into our sphagetti. “I don’t have time” was the curt reply. Unbelievable. Too busy to help out a little bit. Too busy to show some humanity.

Nothing fails like success. When you’re making money and good margins, you tend to get sloppy.” Many CEOs don’t. The more successful you and your organization become, the  more humble and devoted you need to your customers you need to be. The more committed to efficiency and relentless improvement you need to be. The faster you need to play. The more value you need to add. Because the moment you stop doing the very things that got you to the top of the mountain is the very moment you begin to slide down to the valley.