To laugh often and much
To win the respect of intelligent people
And the affection of children
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
And endure the betrayal of false friends
To appreciate beauty
To find the best in others
To leave the world a bit better
Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
Or a redeemed social condition
To know even one life has breathed easier
Because you have lived
That is to have succeeded in life
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)He jests at scars that never felt a wound. (Shakespeare)
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but we wait so long to begin it.
Leaders don’t do different things. They do things differently. (This is the sub-title of Shiv Khera's bestseller 'You can Win')
The man who has a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
God created us with two ends – one to sit on and the other to think with. Success or failure in life depends on which end we use most.
You will remain young as long as you are willing to learn new things and don’t mind being contradicted.
Old age is when memories outweigh dreams.
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child or by a garden patch or by a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you ever lived; that is to have succeeded in life. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the ONLY thing. (Albert Schweitzer)
The greatest wealth that we can give our children is good habits.
Attitude is to a man what hydrogen is to a balloon.*
Some of the greatest feats in the world were accomplished by people who weren’t smart enough to know they were impossible.
Every morning, in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning, in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle, or it will starve.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you had better be running. (From 'Corporate Truths')
If you are in the right, you needn’t lose your temper. If you are in the wrong, you have no right to. (Gandhi)
When you rise, your friends will know what you are. When you fall, you will know who your friends are.
Don’t count the things you do. Do the things that count.
What matters is not adding years to your life, but adding life to your years.
When everything is lost, tomorrow still remains.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot. Make it hot by striking.
The glory lies not in never falling but in rising every time one falls.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Losers do what’s tension-relieving. Winners do what’s goal-achieving.
When you are facing the sun, you can’t see the shadows. (Helen Keller)
It is not necessary for you to become a great man. It is enough if you can become a man. (Confucius)
Reputation is what the world talks about you. Character is what the gods know about you.
Two things that you should never worry about: (1) things that are in your control (2) things that are not in your control
Cooperation is doing with a smile what you have to do anyhow.
Much of good manners is about knowing when to pretend what’s happening is not happening.
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Life is mostly froth and bubble
Two things stand like stone
Kindness in another’s trouble
Courage in your own (Adam Lindsay Gordon)
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep (Robert Frost)
Freedom, happiness, health and success are all one and the same thing.*
No one can hurt you without your consent.
The busiest man is the happiest man.
Dealing with people is like digging for gold. You pick up the gold and discard the dirt. (From 'You can Win')
Do unto others as you would like others do unto you. (Maha Bharat)
You only live once, but once is enough if you live it right.
Imitation is the best form of flattery.
We cannot change the world. But we can change.
Never be a lender, nor a borrower be, for a loan oft loseth both friend and itself and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. (Shakespeare)
It takes two to speak the truth. (Henry David Thoreau)
It’s funny that people talk about killing time without realizing that it’s ultimately time that kills them all.
Twenty years from now, you will be disappointed more by the things that you didn’t do than by the things you did.
Don’t take life too seriously. You are never going to get out of it alive.
I never think of the future, it comes soon enough.
I think, therefore I am. (Rene Descartes, mathematician)
No defeat is final unless you give up.
Temper is a quality which at a critical moment brings out the best in steel and the worst in people. (Mark Twain)
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when they are open.
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen that has laid an egg cackles as if it had laid an asteroid. (Mark Twain)
He who doesn’t thank for a little, won’t for much either.
Faith: it can move mountains. (The Bible)
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. (Reinhold Niebuhr, evangelist)
God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them.
There’s no security on this earth. Only opportunity.
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.
You take care of the minutes. The hours will take care of themselves.
Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.
An angry man closes his eyes and opens his mouth.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Even if the things you do are going to be foolish, make sure you do them with enthusiasm.
Between stimulus and response, you have the freedom to choose. (Stephen R Cowey in 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People')
The distance doesn’t matter; only the first step is difficult.
When going gets tough, the tough get going.
When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you trudge seems all uphill
When funds are low and debts are high
When you want to smile but have to sigh
Rest if you must
But don’t you quit
When things go wrong, don’t go with them.
Problems are opportunities in work clothes.
To get to the rainbow, you must put up with the rain.
Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
That things are the way they are doesn’t imply that they stay the way they are.
We boil at different degrees. (Henry David Thoreau)
He, who walks in another’s tracks, leaves no footprints.
Lives of great men all teach us we can make our lives sublime; and departing, leave behind us, footprints in the sands of time. (H W Longfellow)
Growth is where freedom and responsibility go together.*
Worry gives a small thing a big shadow.
God doesn’t make orange juice; He makes oranges.
The only man who never makes mistakes is the one who never tries anything new.
If you judge people, you will have no time to love them. (Mother Teresa)
When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing.
All human wisdom can be summed up in two words: wait and hope.
Never let yesterday use up today.
Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you will weep alone.
Joy is doubled and sorrow is halved when shared.
Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Fear is the dark room in which negatives are developed.
Success comes before work only in the dictionary.
Friendship is like money – easier made than kept.
The man who laughs at the boss’s jokes may not have a sense of humor, but has a sense of direction.
Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.
It’s not what you are; it’s what you don’t become that hurts.
Map out your future, but do it in pencil.
In life and business, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
People who think sky is the limit have limited imagination.
The trouble with trouble is, it starts out as fun.
Every excuse that you hear makes perfect sense to the person who makes it.
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
The richest man is the one who commands ideas – translates ideas into wealth. (P Chidambaram)
Mother is a verb, not a noun.
Common sense is wisdom with its sleeves rolled up.
Life asks us to make measurable progress in reasonable time. That’s why they make the fourth-standard chairs so small – so you won’t fit in them at age 25.
I am a great believer in luck. I find that the harder I work, the more of it I have.
You can’t leave a footprint that lasts if you’re always walking on tiptoe.
No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.
Success is a lousy teacher, it seduces people into thinking they can’t lose.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some have greatness thrust upon them. Others hire PROs.
Laughter is an instant vacation.
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
Leadership is the first creation. (Stephen R Cowey in 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People')
Humor is a rubber sword. It allows you to make a point without drawing blood.
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
