I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. Abraham Lincoln In a world where cut-throat competition reigns supreme, it is not unheard of for healthy competitors to become die-hard critics, and for die-hard critics to become sworn enemies. And once that line is crossed, all rules of decency and morality fly out out Read more…

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. Ralph Waldo Emerson By nature, humans are calculating beings. Instead of focusing on and trying to aim for the best, they are always obsessed with the number of options they have. Even after they have somehow Read more…

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imagination, our possibilities become limitless. Jamie Paolinetti We are what we think. We become what we think. So much has been said and written about the power of positive thinking and visualization, to the point that these ideas have become somewhat clichéd. However, it Read more…

Calmness in preparation but boldness in execution, this should be the watchword during the moments of crisis. Veer Savarkar Difficulties have the potential to bring out both the best and the worst in men. Men with a strong character and steely resolve turn turn disaster into opportunities to learn, improve and rebuild. On the other Read more…

Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. Sun Tzu If our dreams are our intended destination, then our actions are the pathway to get there. However, there is another aspect to the realization of our goals: our plans, which are more or less the Read more…

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else. Mark Twain Books are a man’s best friend (sorry, dogs!). They can be a source of knowledge, they can lift our spirits when we are down, they can motivate us on days when it is hard to drag ourselves out of the bed, and they Read more…

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted. Anonymous Life is predictably unpredictable. Not even the best of astrologers can confidently foretell what the future holds. Several poets have likened life to a long, capricious river with Read more…

When all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it. Charles de Lint There are different roads to success – some long, others not so much. Some roads are arduous and full of hardships, while others are relatively ‘easy’. Read more…

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon Bonaparte War is like a game of chess – it not only teaches one to think their moves over, but also to anticipate and wait patiently for their opponent’s upcoming moves. It teaches us that war is not always about constantly doing something; sometimes Read more…

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson How many of us actually dare to tread off the beaten track and step into the unknown? Unfortunately, not many. And it is not necessarily a negative thing. Humans are, like any other Read more…