The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people. Napoleon Bonaparte Often times, we are witnesses to events that call for our intervention and yet we choose to keep quiet. This reluctance to speak up is generally construed as our acceptance.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. Oprah Winfrey Over the course of our lives, we get more than one opportunity to accomplish our objectives. What ultimately sets one person apart from another is what they make of these chances.
Fall seven times, stand up eight! Japanese proverb Resilience is one of the many qualities that set men apart from the other species that inhabit this planet. Man is the only creature with the innate fighting spirit that keeps him going even in the darkest of times.
The only man who can change his mind is a man that’s got one. Edward Noyes Westcott Change is the only constant in life. Ideas that are too rigid and people who are too set in their ways fall by the wayside before long. This is especially true of the present century, whose dynamics require Read more…
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Thich Nhat Hanh Smiling is often thought of as something synonymous with – or rather, the manifestation of – happiness. In other words, we are supposed to smile when we are happy. However, such moments Read more…
Jumping to conclusions seldom leads to happy landings. Steve Siporin As humans, our instinctive response to tricky situations is to trust our senses. We form our judgments based on what our eyes see and our ears hear. We regard our senses as infallible. However, things are rarely so straightforward.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience. Elbert Hubbard Failures are part and parcel of life; no successful man can claim to never have tasted the bitterness of failure. In fact, failure teaches us a lot more than success can. Whether we learn from Read more…
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Ralph Waldo Emerson Setting the right goals is as critical to success as hard work and perseverance are. While there is nothing wrong with being ambitious with where we want to be in life, it is important to make sure our goals are reasonable.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein Ours is a materialistic society obsessed with numbers. In our attempt to quantify everything, we tend to forget that there is so much more to life than numbers can ever reflect.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. William Arthur Ward We are all born with the extraordinary ability to achieve great things in life. We can all be whatever we wish to, provided we really set our minds to it. This ability to have Read more…
