Quotes

To ask for respect is like begging for it ! Instead if you keep giving respect to everyone, they will automatically give respect to you- unknown

Words are under your control until you speak them; but you come under their control once you have spoken them.- unknown

 

Achievers never expose themselves. But their achievements expose them- unknown

When you focus on giving you will never be at a loss. When you focus on gaining you will be under stress !

Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.

NO and YES are two short words which need a long thought. Most of the things we miss in life are due to saying NO too soon… or YES too late.

Every battle is first won in the mind of the General then on the battlefield.

Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.

If you don’t have a sense of humor, you probably don’t have any sense at all.

Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.

A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you’re in deep water.

Scratch a cat and you will have a permanent job.

There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 AM. It could be a right number.

Money can’t buy happiness — but somehow it’s more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than in a Yugo.

Silence has to be a strategy, not a refuge. A weapon and not an escape.

People who spend time on propagating their present achievements, will not find time to grow beyond their current levels.

If we wait for the waves to subside, we may never have a swim in the sea.

We can either complain that roses have thorns, or we can rejoice that thorns have roses.

Have the determination of a mirror, which never loses its ability to reflect, in spite of it being broken to pieces.

One cannot discover new oceans, unless one has courage to lose sight of the shore.

If people start criticizing you, hurting you, shouting at you.. don’t be bothered. Because in any game, spectators make noise, not the player. So just play on !

There are only two people who can tell the truth about yourself.. a friend who has lost his temper, or an enemy who starts loving you.

A strong and positive attitude creates more miracles than any other thing. ‘Coz life is 10% how you make it and 90% how you take it.

Self respect increases when one learns to converse positively to the self.

Arrogance does not allow understanding. Adamance does not allow adjustment. Ego does not allow clarity.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~ Chinese Proverb

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. – Douglas MacArthur

Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it. – Jim Rohn

Discontent is the first necessity of progress. – Thomas Edison

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. ~ Chinese Proverb

Monogamy leaves a lot to be desired.

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you. – Aldous Huxley

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. – Michaelangelo

Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you. – Cynthia Kersey

Success is not something you pursue. Success is something you attract by the person you become. – Jim Rohn

In real estate, it’s location, location, location. In business, it’s differentiate, differentiate, differentiate. – Robert Goizueta

The most successful people in life have the best information – David Wolfe

Everything is perfect in the universe – even your desire to improve it. – Wayne Dyer

Today is not the day after yesterday, today is the day before tomorrow. – Roger Hamilton

Opportunities multiply as they are seized! – Sun Tsu

Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. – Winston Churchill

Failure is an indispensable prerequisite for success. It is how you learn the lessons you need. – Brian Tracy
The common characteristics of people make a community possible, but it is their uncommon qualities that make it better. – John Fischer

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. – Rosa Luxemburg

Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost. – Robert Schuller

Eagles don’t flock – you have to find them one at a time. – H. Ross Perot

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. – Mark Twain

It is better to travel well than to arrive. – Buddha

There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. – Henry Ford

The successful person is the individual who forms the habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do. – Donald Riggs

If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful. – Michelangelo

Believe you will be successful and you will. – Dale Carnegie

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. – Winston Churchill

Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought. – Blaise Pascal

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without the loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

We can invent faster than they can copy. – Ray Kroc

Go back a little to leap further. – John Clarke

A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless. – Mary Kay Ash

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. -Audrey Hepburn

Success is not something you pursue. Success is something you attract by the person you become. – Jim Rohn

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. – Abraham Lincoln

Be candid with everyone. – Jack Welch

No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. – Terry Josephson

Many of life’s failures are people who do not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas Edison

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. – James Crook

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. – Aristotle

Never let yesterday use up too much of today. – Will Rogers

Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want. – Jim Rohn

 

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books. ~ Chinese Proverb

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them. – J. Petit Senn

Success is not something you pursue. Success is something you attract by the person you become. – Jim Rohn

Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought. – Blaise Pascal

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery, and tenacity. – Mahatma Gandhi

It is your attitude more than your aptitude that determines your altitude. – Brian Tracy

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with. A man is what he makes of himself. – Alexander Graham Bell

I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better. – Abraham Lincoln

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it’s cowardice. – George Jackson

All leaders are readers. – Jim Rohn

If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you’re going to turn out in life. – Warren Buffett

If you wonder what you were doing in the past, look at your body; to know what will happen to you in the future, look at your mind. – Dalai lama

Never let yesterday use up too much of today. – Will Rogers

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you derive from what you do. – Michael Korda
Mastery of thought and emotion is the key to all winning! – George Zalucki

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. – Mark Twain

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. – Warren Buffett

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. – Napoleon Hill

You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. ~ Anonymous

No one ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is. – Irvin Himmel

All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy. UG Krishnamurti

When you know nothing, you say a lot. When you know something, there is nothing to say. UG Krishnamurti

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. – Jim Rohn

Have more than show, speak less than know. – William Shakespeare

A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

It’s not stress that kills us. It is our reaction to it. – Hans Selye

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others. – Andrew Carnegie

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior…. the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. – Henry C. Link

Sometimes you’ve got to create what you want to be a part of. – Geri Weitzman

Your failures won’t hurt you until you start blaming them on others. – Zig Ziglar

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. – Mahatma Gandhi

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. – Francois-Marie Arouet

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. It’s the end you’re after. – Tony Robbins

A man is what he thinks about all day long. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer. – John Madden

Do the thing and you shall have the power. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. – Napoleon Hill

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. – Jim Rohn

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. – Zig Ziglar

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. – Dalai Lama

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. – Andrew Carnegie

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. – Leonardo da Vinci

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it. – Winston Churchill

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect. – Leonardo da Vinci

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

A person is not defeated by their opponents but by themselves. – Jan Christiaan Smuts

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. – Zig Ziglar

The successful person is the individual who forms the habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do. – Donald Riggs

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there. – Josh Billings

Income seldom exceeds personal development. What you become directly influences what you get. – Jim Rohn

You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win. – Ted Turner

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted. – Michaelangelo

You can’t have a better tomorrow if you’re thinking about yesterday. – Charles Kettering

On giving advice, Yamamoto Tsunitomo has an excellent suggestion in Hagakure:

“When giving advice it is not enough to deliver the advice and leave it.  You must prepare the other person to receive your advice.  It is your responsibility to assure that the other person accepts your advice, as a thirsty man accepts a glass of water.”

You cannot control what happens, but you can control your attitude towards it. And in that you’ll be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. – unknown