16 posts tagged “my-reel-life”

Good health and good sense are two great blessings.
Doubt who you will, but never doubt yourself.
God gives every bird its food, but He never drops it in their nest.
All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within.
You are not defeated unless you think you are.
Knowledge is power but action gets things done.
Life is like a mirror - it never reflects more than we can put into it.
The mind grows by the books it feeds on.
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because who look on and do nothing. -- Albert Einstein
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. -- Desmond Tutu
Our lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things. -- Surya Das
The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the great whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition. -- Honore de Balzac
Whenever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are spiritual. -- David Steindl-Rast
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with live, grace and gratitude. -- Denis Waitley
People living deeply have no fear of death. -- Anais Nin
In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinion and principles. -- Epictetus
Stay happy and be reasonable. -- Arunoday
Your worst enemies can not harm you as much your own unguarded thoughts. -- Buddha

The toughest thing about success is that you have to keep on being success.
Destiny is not matter of chance, it is matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. -- William Jennings Bryan
Manage yourself; lead others.
All wisdom can be stated in two lines; What is done for you, allow it to be done. What you must do for yourself -- make sure you do it. -- Khawwas
Be flexible. Stiffness is a sign of rigor mortis.
What you love you empower; what you fear you empower and what you empower; you attract. -- Anonymous
Reacting quickly to change is important to the success of a business.
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. -- Viktor Frankl
If we don't take care of our customers, someone else will.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -- Harriet Beacher Stowe
Customers tell more about bad experiences than about good ones.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talent, which, in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. -- Horace
Winning isn't everything, it is the only thing.
Look at everything as though you were seeing either the first time or for the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory. -- Betty Smith
We don not see things as they are, we see them as we are. -- Anais Nin

To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often.
Happiness is not something that you find, it's something you create.
Never tell someone they are wrong; that's disastrous tactic.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Ask for anything you like, except time.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
Hesitate about giving advice unless you are asked.

Yesterday was my karate class after 2 weeks. That means I missed 3 classes. It was very very tiring. A new sensei had come. he did not give us any rest between various sets of workouts. Poonam used to give us 2mins to revive. But in a way it might be good. Many people's stamina got tested. We also did some new combo kicks and punches. I must have done more than 50 push ups (including knuckle ones) and about 100 sit ups. I slept very well last night. In the morning I went for a walk too. Somehow I don't feel lazy these days. Good for me. You never know when suddenly the time will not allow me to work out. It is so important at my age to stay within right weight and and in shape.
I am planning to see an Italian film fest from tomorrow at Nehru Centre.
Today morning I called Ghazala home to read the poem with me again, before I mail it to her. I did send it as she wants to read it's print out at home in a relaxed mood. I feel more or less it is done.
Sachin Tendulkar made his 40th century today at Nagpur test match against Australia. This is the last match of the series.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. -- Winston Churchill
Biggest difficulty with mankind today is that our knowledge has increased so much faster than our wisdom.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, it is perhaps because he hears a different drummer. -- Henry David Thoreau
The spirit of self help is the root of all growth in the individual.
Unforgiven-ness is the poison you drink everyday, thinking that other person will die. -- Debbie Ford
There is nothing like a dream to help plan your future.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Mind is everything. What we think, we become. -- Buddha
You will always find time to do the things you want to do.
The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. -- Victor Franki
It's great to have ability, but a good manager has the ability to discover abilities in others.
We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to realize that it is the God who is shaking them. -- Anonymous
Your success helps many people, your failure helps no one.
As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish it in those, we love. -- Thich Nhat Hanh

* The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life and elevating them into art.

* Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. -- Andre Gide

* One of the rarest things a person does is to do one's best.

* I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. -- Socrates

* Success is the result of good judgement; good judgement is a result of experience.

* The pssession of knolwdge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. -- Anais Nin

* The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

*  Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along. -- Jalal-ud-din- Rumi

* A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

* Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. -- Winston Churchills

* The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all the person who argues with him.

* I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. -- Ray Charles

* The contemporaray form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. -- Simone Well

* The intuitive mind is a scared gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. -- Albert Einstein

Today is Sep 21, 2008. Yesterday someone told me to see the TV urgently as there was a huge blast at the Marriot hotel in Pakistan. I said 'no thanks' I am fine without seeing it. I see them all the time. There was going to be nothing new in watching burnt cars, bleeding bodies and cracked buildings. It was not because I was being cynical, but just being practical to the realities of new life. I have just seen the blasts in Delhi and then police action a few days later. Blasts and bullets do not pull me to the news channels any more. The world has changed drastically and this change is for ever. I have changed. I don't care if people are dying, if trains are being ripped apart, if tall buildings are folding up like pack of cards. This is life now; new realities of life. I have no idea if these ideal 'quotes' about love, compassion and honesty make any dent in the human psyche. Soon we all will forget all of it. They will soon seem like a strange combination of words put together. But until that happens, let me copy them from here and there and reproduce them.

* Knowledge leads you to light, imagination lets you grow.

* It is easy to dodge a spear that comes from front of you but hard to avoid and arrow shot from behind. -- Chinese proverb

* Focus on making things better not bitter.

* There is one love that says, 'I love you because I need you' and another one says, 'I need you because I love you.' -- M K Gandhi

* Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. -- Khalil Gibran

* Common sense is instinct, but a large part of it is genius.

* Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives since they have not discovered any continuous employment for man's nobler faculties. -- Henry David Thoreau

* The secret of success is knowing who to blame for your failures.

* When you are content to be simply yourself and don't cpmpare or compete, everybody will respect you.

* A lie can travel half way around the earth while the truth is putting on its shoes.

* People having noble thoughts with them are never alone.

* Chose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. -- Confucius

Sunday, September 14, 2008

* Believe nothing, no matter what I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense. -- Buddha

* The most imaginative people are the most redulous, for them everything is possible.

* I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. -- Dan Brown

* I think our learning lies along the path of whatever it is we love. -- Richard Bach

* If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.

* All you can learn is what your inward life is and try to stay loyal to that. -- Joseph Campbell

* Moves should be taken to ensure, there was something left to hand on to future generations. -- Prince Charles

* Never explain, your friends don't need it and your enemies will not believe you.

* Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? -- Carlos Castaneda

* It is the beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.

* We have to try to get rid of the notion of time. -- Paulo Coelho

* The ancien scholars studied for their wo improvement. Modern scholars study to impress others. -- Confucius

* The foolish man seeks happiness in the dustance; the wise grows it under his feet.

* ...this Olympic gold is not going to change my life much. All I hope for is that it inspires my fellow athletes to repeat this feat over and over. -- Abhinav Bindra

* When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

* People living deeply, have no fear of death. -- Anais Nin
* The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function and spiritual in tendency. -- Margaret Fuller
* That is happiness to be dissolved into something completely great. -- Willa Cather
* Whenever we we may come alive. that is the area in which we are spiritual. -- David Steindl-Rast
* Everything is possible for the person who believes. -- Adlin Sinclair
* Rudeness is week man's imitation of strength.
* If you want to stand out; don't be different, be outstanding.
* The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.
* Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
* The truth is more important than the facts.
* Ultimately everyone dies due to over-doze of life, nothing else. -- Arunoday Sharma
* If you want the world to look red, wear red glasses; than try painting it! -- Arunoday Sharma

* The search for happiness is the chief source of unhappiness.

* If you are trying to find God, don't look in noise and restlessnes. God is the friend of silence. -- Mother Teresa

* There are no menial jobs; only menial attitudes.

* You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. -- Adlin Sinclair

* Big jobs usualy go to men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

* On an alter of prejudice, we crucify oueself. -- Don Williams Jr

* The truth is more important than the facts.

* Religion is for the people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality for the ones who have been there. -- Bonnie Raitt

* You cannot petition the Lord with prayer. -- Jim Morrison

* Destiny is no matter of choice. It is a thing to be achieved.

* It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.

* Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

* Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.