The Great Quotes - Inspirational, Motivational & Funny Quotes about Life, Love and Friendship http://thegreatquotes.com FREE quote collection! Love quotes, funny sayings, inspirational words & more! Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:04:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Handbook for Great Life. 40 Guidelines we need to follow… http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/07/handbook-for-great-life-40-guidelines-we-need-to-follow/ http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/07/handbook-for-great-life-40-guidelines-we-need-to-follow/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:05:27 +0000 admin http://thegreatquotes.com/?p=527 Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.

2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.

3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

5. Make time for prayer.

6. Play more games.

7. Read more books than you did in previous year.

8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day..

9. Sleep for 7 hours.

10. Take a 10-30 minutes’ walk every day. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

11. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

12. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

13. Don’t overdo. Keep your limits.

14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

15. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.

16. Dream more while you are awake.

17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

18. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.

20. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.

21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

23. Smile and laugh more.

24. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:

25. Call your family often.

26. Each day give something good to others.

27. Forgive everyone for everything.

28.. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.

29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

30. What other people think of you is none of your business.

31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

32. Do the right thing!

33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

34. GOD heals everything.

35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

37. The best is yet to come.

38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.

39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:

40. Forward this to everyone you care about.

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Christmas Quotes http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/07/christmas-quotes/ http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/07/christmas-quotes/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:34:04 +0000 admin http://thegreatquotes.com/?p=511

1. “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.”
- Burton Hillis

2. “If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away.”
- Unknown

3. “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
Charles Dickens

4. “The magi, as you know, were wise men – wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents.”
O. Henry

5. “Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.”
Dale Evans Rogers

6. “Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.”
Oren Arnold

7. “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”
Norman Vincent Peale

8. “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”
Hamilton Wright Mabi

9. “I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!”
Charles Dickens

10. “Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”
Calvin Coolidge

11. “Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign.”
Christina G. Rossetti

12. “Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes – the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more.”
Phillips Brooks

13. “Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! ”
Charles Dickens

14. “The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart.”
Helen Keller

15. “Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.”
Helen Steiner Rice

16. “There is no name so sweet on earth, no name so sweet in heaven, The name, before His wondrous birth, to Christ the Savior given.”
George W. Bethune

17. “Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”
Washington Irving

18. “Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance – each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.”
Deborah Whipp

19. “It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself”
Charles Dickens

20. A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small.
Eva K. Logue

21. “May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!”
Unknown

22. Christmas carolers sing about peace on earth, but they don’t tell us where.
Unknown

23. It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.
W. T. Ellis

24. I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.
Harlan Miller

25. “The mystery of the Holy Night, which historically happened two thousand years ago, must be lived as a spiritual event in the ‘today’ of the Liturgy,” the Pope clarified. “The Word who found a dwelling in Mary’s womb comes to knock on the heart of every person with singular intensity this Christmas.”
Pope John Paul II

26. At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled shows,
But like of each thing that in season grows.
William Shakespeare.

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    Do it Anyway – A Poem by Mother Teresa / Kent M. Keith http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/06/do-it-anyway-a-poem-by-mother-teresa/ http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/06/do-it-anyway-a-poem-by-mother-teresa/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:47:17 +0000 admin http://thegreatquotes.com/?p=445 Mother theres

    People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;

    Forgive them anyway.

    If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

    Be kind anyway.

    If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true
    enemies;

    Succeed anyway.

    If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;

    Be honest and frank anyway.

    What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;

    Build anyway.

    If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;

    Be happy anyway.

    The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;

    Do good anyway.

    Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;

    Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

    You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;

    It was never between you and them anyway.

    Note: The poem is originally known as “The Paradoxical Commandments” and was written by Kent M. Keith in 1968.

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    Lot of people prepared different videos based on this poem.  Watch below some of the videos.

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    Inspirational Videos http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/06/inspirational-videos/ http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/06/inspirational-videos/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:55:01 +0000 admin http://thegreatquotes.com/?p=439 This is a great inspirational video! Share it with everyone and brighten their day.

    Below video includes famous people, namely Dhirubhai Ambani, Lance Armstrong, Amitabh Bachchan, Mahatma Gandhi, Sachin Tendulkar and Bill Gates. A video that would truly inspire and motivate one and all !!

    40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes

    TRANSCRIPT:
    Shame on you. This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you’re going to let it be the worst. And I guarantee a week won’t go by in your life you won’t regret walking out, letting them get the best of you. Well, I’m not going home. We’ve come too far! And I’m going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it is not THIS day. The line must be drawn HERE. This far, no further! I’m not saying it’s going to be easy. You’re going to work harder than you ever worked before. But that’s fine, we’ll just get tougher with it! If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination, failure is not an option. That’s how winning is done! Believe me when I say we can break this army here, and win just one for the Gipper. But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time: you’ve got to get mad. I mean plum mad dog mean. If you would be free men, then you must fight to fulfill that promise! Let us cut out their living guts one inch at a time, and they will know what we can do! Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions! You’re like a big bear, man! This is YOUR time! Seize the day, never surrender, victory or death… that’s the Chicago Way! Who’s with me? Clap! Clap! Don’t let Tink die! Clap! Alright! Let’s fly! And gentlemen in England now abed shall know my name is the Lord when I tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our Independence Day!

    Al Pacino’s Inspirational Speech

    I am a champion – the greatest speech ever

    Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

    Maybe, the most inspirational video ever . . .

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    Father’s Day Quotes http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/06/fathers-day/ http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/06/fathers-day/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:56:09 +0000 admin http://thegreatquotes.com/?p=424

    Find below the collection of Father’s Day Quotes.

    He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.  ~Clarence Budington Kelland

    One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters.  -George Herbert

    Free Father’s Day Greetings

    The greatest thing a FATHER can do to his children, is to love their mother.

    “Honor thy father and thy mother.” — Matthew 19:19

    Someday i will find my prince but my Daddy will always be my King
    - meee

    Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world.
    - John Mayor

    “A man’s children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the growing season”. — Unknown

    Father! – to God himself we cannot give a holier name.  ~William Wordsworth

    “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” — Sigmund Freud

    My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard.  Mother would come out and say, “You’re tearing up the grass.”  “We’re not raising grass,” Dad would reply.  “We’re raising boys.“  ~Harmon Killebrew

    A father is always making his baby into a little woman.  And when she is a woman he turns her back again.  ~Enid Bagnold

    Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!  ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836

    It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.  ~Johann Schiller

    My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
    - Jim Valvano

    A dad is someone who
    holds you when you cry,
    scolds you when you break the rules,
    shines with pride when you succeed,
    and has faith in you even when you fail…

    A father carries pictures where his money used to be.  ~Author Unknown

    Dad, you’re someone to look up to no matter how tall I’ve grown.  ~Author Unknown

    Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.  ~Gloria Naylor

    A dad is someone who
    wants to keep you from making mistakes
    but instead lets you find your own way,
    even though his heart breaks in silence
    when you get hurt.

    Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.  ~Bill Cosby

    “By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” — Charles Wadsworth

    “You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s. He’s more particular.” — Robert Frost

    It kills you to see them grow up.  But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.  ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

    The greatest gift I ever had
    Came from God; I call him Dad!
    ~Author Unknown

    “My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.” — Abraham Lincoln

    Making the decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.  ~Elizabeth Stone

    A wise son maketh a glad father.” — Proverbs 10:1

    Never raise your hand to your kids.  It leaves your groin unprotected.  ~Red Buttons

    I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.  -Colonel Potter

    “Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” — Ruth E. Renkel

    Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.  ~Author Unknown

    You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s. He’s more particular.” — Robert Frost



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    The Best Motivation Video http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/06/the-best-motivation-video/ http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/06/the-best-motivation-video/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:33:18 +0000 admin http://thegreatquotes.com/?p=397

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    Never Give Up http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/06/never-give-up/ http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/06/never-give-up/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:42:41 +0000 admin http://thegreatquotes.com/?p=390 Motivational Song – Never Give Up On Your Dreams

    Inspirational Video – The Don’t Quit Poem

    Never Give up: Inspirational video

    Fight for yourself using every drop of blood from your body. Muster every effort within you and fight: sure you will win.

    Don’t Give Up!

    And when you fall…
    …what do you do?
    You feel like giving up, right?
    But if you believe in yourself…
    …you don’t give up.
    Instead, you…
    GET…
    BACK…
    UP.

    Don’t Give Up

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    Inspiring Interview and Great Quotes of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. His Life itself inspiring…. http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/05/inspiring-interview-of-dr-apj-abdul-kalam/ http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/05/inspiring-interview-of-dr-apj-abdul-kalam/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 11:10:16 +0000 admin http://thegreatquotes.com/?p=367 Watch below the inspiring interview of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former president of India.

    He says ‘A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure‘, and says “Learning gives creativity. Creativity leads to thinking. Thinking provides knowledge. Knowledge makes you great.”

    You can read the transcript here.

    His life itself inspiring and will motivate everyone.

    Apart from being a notable scientist and engineer, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam has served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.

    During his term as India’s President, he was popularly known as the People’s President.

    Before his term as India’s president, he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO.  He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology. Kalam takes important roles in India’s Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998

    People especially Students love and respect Kalam so much.

    APJ Abdul Kalam is a man of vision, who is always full of ideas aimed at the development of the country. He firmly believes that India needs to play a more assertive role in international relations.

    Dr. Kalam had received honorary doctorates from 30 universities and institutions, and he is the recipient  of many awards including India’s highest award Bharath  Ratna.

    Abdul Kalam has written many books such as  “Wings of Fire” (An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam), “India 2020 – A Vision for the New Millennium”, “My journey” and “Ignited Minds – Unleashing the power within India”

    Kalam has proposed a research program for developing bio-implants and Space solar power.  And, he is a supporter of Open Source (e.g LinuAbdul Kalamx, Mozilla FireFox, php, apache) over proprietary solutions and believes that the use of free software on a large scale will bring the benefits of information technology to more people.

    And, he is doing teaching  and research tasks. Above all he took up a mission to ignite the young minds for national development by meeting high school students across the country.

    His book ‘India 2020′ highlights the action plans that will help develop the India  into a knowledge superpower by the time 2020.

    And, his poems and Quotes inspire young minds.

    Find below one of his Poems “Indomitable Spirit”

    I was swimming in the sea,
    Waves came one after the other
    I was swimming and swimming to reach my destination.
    But one wave, a powerful wave, overpowered me;
    It took me along in its own direction,
    I was pulled long and along.
    When I was about to lose amidst the sea wave power,
    One thought flashed to me, yes, that is courage
    Courage to reach my goal, courage to defeat the powerful force and succeed;
    With courage in my mind, indomitable spirit engulfed me,
    With indomitable spirit in mind and action,
    I regained lost confidence
    I can win, win and win
    Strength came back to me, overpowered the sea wave
    I reached the destination, my mission.

    Find below Kalam’s another poem “Vision”

    I climbed and climbed
    Where is the peak, my Lord?
    I ploughed and ploughed,
    Where is the knowledge treasure, my Lord?
    I sailed and sailed,
    Where is the island of peace, my Lord?
    Almighty, bless my nation
    With vision and sweat resulting into happiness

    Find below the collection of Great Quotes of Abdul Kalam.

    As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.


    Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.


    Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?


    Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.


    God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.


    Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.


    I was willing to accept what I couldn’t change.


    If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.


    If we are not free, no one will respect us.


    Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.


    Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.


    Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.


    My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.


    No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.


    Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.


    To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.


    We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!


    We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.


    We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.


    You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

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    APJ Abdul Kalam was born on 15th October 1931 in a middle-class family in a village Rameshewaram in Tamil Nadu , India. His father, a devout Muslim, owned boats which he rented out to local fishermen and was a good friend of Hindu religious leaders and the school teachers at Rameshwaram.
    APJ Abdul Kalam mentions in his biography that to support his studies, he started his career as a newspaper vendor. Daily early morning he used to go to Rameshwaram Road Railway Station, three kilometers away to collect News Papers after finishing his tuition.

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    My Favorite Motivational Quotes http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/05/my-favorite-motivational-quotes/ http://thegreatquotes.com/2011/05/my-favorite-motivational-quotes/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 08:16:17 +0000 admin http://thegreatquotes.com/?p=351 This is Rajamanickam. Find below the collection of my favorite motivational Quotes. You can share your favorite quotes thro’ the comment section.

    Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing
    – Abraham Lincoln

    “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs

    “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell

    Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful
    -Herman Cain

    Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them

    Nothing is Impossible to a Willing Heart

    I fear only God. I don’t fear any human. When you have that kind of spirit, you can just do what you have to do. Let it roll. – Stevie Wonder, singer

    “Learning gives creativity. Creativity leads to thinking. Thinking provides knowledge. Knowledge makes you great.”
    -APJ Abdul Kalam

    Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

    Excellence is Never an Accident

    It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

    Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.

    Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence

    I laugh, I love, I hope, I try, I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry. And I know you do the same things too, So we’re really not that different, me and you.

    Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security

    Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for

    The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure

    To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are

    Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

    “The greatest advantage of speaking the truth is that you don’t have to remember what you said.”

    I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages. – Robert Bosch

    To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart. – Thomas Watson, Sr.

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

    You must remain focused on your journey to greatness. – Les Brown

    Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right! – Henry Ford

    You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills. – Jim Rohn

    What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

    “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

    He who cannot forgive others destroys a bridge over which he himself must pass.
    -- George Herbert

    A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
    -David Brinkley

    Never, never, never, never give up
    – Winston Churchill

    No great man ever complains of want of opportunities
    – Ralph Waldo Emerson

    I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
    -Bill Cosby

    In this life we cannot always do great things. But we can do small things with great love

    – Mother Teresa

    Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will
    – Dr. Robert Anthony

    I dont measure a mans success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom
    – George S. Patton

    If we cannot love the person whom we can see, how can we love God whom we cannot see

    Mother Teresa

    Dont ask for a lighter load, pray for a stronger shoulder

    Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first 4 hours sharpening the axe

    – Abraham Lincoln

    A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for

    Hate the sin, love the sinner.
    -Gandhi

    Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

    In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure

    Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts
    – Winston Churchill

    If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart

    A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer
    – Ralph Waldo Emerson

    We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated
    – Maya Angelou

    Don’t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.

    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

    You say, ‘If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.’ You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled. –Charles Haddon Spurgeon

    A little learning is a dangerous thing.
    Alexander Pope

    A mind always employed is always happy.
    -Thomas Jefferson

    A picture is worth a thousand words.
    -Fred R. Barnard

    An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
    -M.K. Gandhi

    Ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country.
    -John F. Kennedy

    Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
    -Benjamin Franklin

    He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.
    -Jesus Christ

    I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
    -Abraham Lincoln

    I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
    -Thomas Edison

    If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
    -Benjamin Franklin

    It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.
    -Howard Ruff

    Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
    -Mark Twain

    Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs
    -Henry Ford

    Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
    -Theodore Roosevelt

    The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
    -Theodore Roosevelt

    There never was a good war or a bad peace.
    -Benjamin Franklin

    You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
    -Abraham Lincoln

    1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
    2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
    3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
    4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
    5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
    6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
    Bible – Psalm 23

    Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare

    The future starts today, not tomorrow

    Success is not a destination, but it is a journey.

    God may not come when you want Him to, but He’ll always be on time.

    “For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
    -Bible

    Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. ~William Shakespeare

    Character is much easier kept than recovered. ~Thomas Paine

    “Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
    -Bible

    There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb

    “Everything is possible for him who believes.”
    -Mark 9:23

    “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek; and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. [Matthew 7:7-8].

    Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough. ~Arthur Freed

    “Be patient and you will finally win, for a soft tongue can break hard bones.
    (Proverbs 28:13)

    Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. ~Albert Einstein

    It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)

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

    Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power. ~Clint Eastwood

    Respect yourself and others will respect you. ~Confucius

    “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me”

    A man who doesn’t trust himself can never really trust anyone else. ~Cardinal De Retz

    “Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return.”
    -Bible

    Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. (Proverbs 12:24)

    “Love is patient; love is kind
    and envies no one.
    Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude;
    never selfish, not quick to take offense.
    There is nothing love cannot face;
    there is no limit to its faith,
    its hope, and endurance.
    In a word, there are three things
    that last forever: faith, hope, and love;
    but the greatest of them all is love.”

    -Bible

    Wealth is lost, nothing is lost, Health is lost, something is lost, If character is lost, everything is lost

    Worry doesn’t make anything, but hard work
    -Rahul Bajaj

    The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time
    - Bertrand Russell

    Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
    -Helen Keller

    If you win the rat race, you’re still a rat
    – Lily Tomlin

    Dream is Not that what You See in Sleep…. But, Dream is the thing which does not allow you to sleep

    “There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
    - Mahatma Gandhi

    Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.

    We are judged by what we finish, not by what we start

    Focus on your Strengths, and manage your weakness

    Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.

    Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

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