Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Walk of Life

He who travels the road best is he who makes the road better for those who will follow."
... said the King to the peasant who cleared the rocks and debries the King's new highway and gave him a box of gold.

From the story: The King's Highway
Author Unknown

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Fear


Asterix:
I was wondering Getafix ... What's the use of Fear?"
Getafix:
Fear, is what makes us Brave; Real Courage, is when you overcome your fear!"
-from Asterix and the Vikings (2006)

Friday, October 3, 2008

Talent ...

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
-Albert Einstein

Sunday, June 22, 2008

“dil aur dimag ke is khel mein jeet hamesha apni honi chahiye..... ”
-- Tarun Saxena

Monday, June 16, 2008

Happiness

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
- Aldous Huxley

Thursday, June 5, 2008

...

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer

Saturday, April 26, 2008

...

Try not to become a man of success, but rather
try to become a man of value.

-Albert Einstein

Friday, April 4, 2008

one of them?

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."

- Bertrand Russell

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Blaze ...

Blaze like the fire that never extinguishes"

-Manav Kataria, to Disha before she joined her college

those moments...

There was a moment
back in that fit-to-be-expunged past
when I thought she wanted me.

The
excellence of that moment is not dimmed
by the discovery of my mistake.
I thank her for it.

Beginnings are always better than endings;
Then everything was possible,
Now nothing is ... "


From 'Grimus' by Salman Rushdie

...

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."

-
Rita Mae Brown

Thursday, March 20, 2008

...

Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.”

- Arnold H. Glasow

Friday, February 15, 2008

Earn Your Own Praise

To quote Dale Carnegie:
“The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping.”
Quoted from: dumblittleman

Friday, January 25, 2008

Innovator

The innovator, he says, should never lose sight of the actual goal of innovation: not new technology, but what new technology can deliver to us--awareness, insight, interaction, and freedom.


- Jeong Kim, President, Bell Labs

From: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/122/mad-scientist.html

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Dare

I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts."
--Albert Einstein