Point to Ponder
26. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra!
27. “Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you will still be heading for a star”
28. “Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
29. “Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary”
8/31/2009
… and you did it today
30 “Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.”
31. “Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
32. “I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.”
~ Helen Adams Keller
33. “Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.”
34. “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
35. Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose — not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.”
~ Anne Sullivan
36. “The ability to accept victory graciously and take defeat without bitterness is what makes heroes.”
37. “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
~ Charles W. Eliot
38. “Do not dwell in the past. Do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
~ Guatama Buddha
39. “Silence is deep as Eternity, speech is shallow as Time.”
~ John Keats
40 Was sunk in client hangama
‘‘What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
// Juliet//
41 to 43
“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.”
Ж
“Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.”
Ж
“A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
44 “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.”
~ Helen Adams Keller
45 “No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.”
~ Jeremy Taylor
46 & 47 “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
~Plato
“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
~Abraham Lincoln
48 “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.”
~ Aristotle
49 “The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all — doing nothing.”
~ Benjamin Franklin
50 “I claim to be no more than an average man with less than average abilities. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
51 “You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
~ Guatama Buddha
PS: I often wonder… why don’t I understand this?!
52 “Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.”
~ Aesop
53 “On the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference between those who succeed or fail in all things. All the greatest people have it in an infinite degree, and among the less, the patient weak ones always conquer the impatient strong.”
~ John Ruskin
54 “Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
55 “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
~ Mother Teresa
Don't lower your Goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals
56
“If wrinkles must be written upon your brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.”
~ James Garfield
57 “When one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down.”
~ Prophet Muhammad
58 “Fear less, hope more, Eat less, chew more, Sigh less, breathe more, Hate less, love more, and all good things are yours.”
59 “Success is not measured by the heights one attains, but by the obstacles one overcomes in its attainment.”
~ Booker T. Washington
Some are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them, some achieve greatness…..
I am adding to it…some cannot achieve it….in a way good….If wishes were horses beggers would ride…and as is said, Kanuna swapnam ellam phalichal, Kalathil, Kalpaneku enthu muliyam…..
60 “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
~ William Shakespeare
61 “I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.”
~ Helen Adams Keller
62 “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
63 The way to reach a goal is to do something….anything that will get you a little closer. Small steps are better than standing still.
64 “I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.”
~ Martin Luther
65 The more difficult the problem, the more satisfaction you will derive from solving it!
66 “Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.”
67 “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
~ Confucius
68 “Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”
69 “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which as been opened for us.”
~ Helen Adams Keller
70 “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”
71 Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
~ Mother Teresa
72 No believer is ever alone. Others around you may fail, but God never fails. He is always with you to whisper to your heart and to love, protect, guard, and guide you.
73 “Temptation usually comes in through a door that has deliberately been left open.”
74 “If we always do what we've always done, then we'll always get what we've always gotten.”
75 “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”
~ The Bible
76 “A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.”
77 “Happiness is not a reward — it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment — it is a result.”
~ Robert Green Ingersoll
27. “Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you will still be heading for a star”
28. “Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
29. “Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary”
8/31/2009
… and you did it today
30 “Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.”
31. “Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
32. “I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.”
~ Helen Adams Keller
33. “Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.”
34. “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
35. Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose — not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.”
~ Anne Sullivan
36. “The ability to accept victory graciously and take defeat without bitterness is what makes heroes.”
37. “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
~ Charles W. Eliot
38. “Do not dwell in the past. Do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
~ Guatama Buddha
39. “Silence is deep as Eternity, speech is shallow as Time.”
~ John Keats
40 Was sunk in client hangama
‘‘What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
// Juliet//
41 to 43
“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.”
Ж
“Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.”
Ж
“A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
44 “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.”
~ Helen Adams Keller
45 “No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.”
~ Jeremy Taylor
46 & 47 “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
~Plato
“Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
~Abraham Lincoln
48 “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.”
~ Aristotle
49 “The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all — doing nothing.”
~ Benjamin Franklin
50 “I claim to be no more than an average man with less than average abilities. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
51 “You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
~ Guatama Buddha
PS: I often wonder… why don’t I understand this?!
52 “Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.”
~ Aesop
53 “On the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference between those who succeed or fail in all things. All the greatest people have it in an infinite degree, and among the less, the patient weak ones always conquer the impatient strong.”
~ John Ruskin
54 “Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
55 “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
~ Mother Teresa
Don't lower your Goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals
56
“If wrinkles must be written upon your brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.”
~ James Garfield
57 “When one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down.”
~ Prophet Muhammad
58 “Fear less, hope more, Eat less, chew more, Sigh less, breathe more, Hate less, love more, and all good things are yours.”
59 “Success is not measured by the heights one attains, but by the obstacles one overcomes in its attainment.”
~ Booker T. Washington
Some are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them, some achieve greatness…..
I am adding to it…some cannot achieve it….in a way good….If wishes were horses beggers would ride…and as is said, Kanuna swapnam ellam phalichal, Kalathil, Kalpaneku enthu muliyam…..
60 “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
~ William Shakespeare
61 “I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.”
~ Helen Adams Keller
62 “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
63 The way to reach a goal is to do something….anything that will get you a little closer. Small steps are better than standing still.
64 “I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.”
~ Martin Luther
65 The more difficult the problem, the more satisfaction you will derive from solving it!
66 “Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.”
67 “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
~ Confucius
68 “Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”
69 “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which as been opened for us.”
~ Helen Adams Keller
70 “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”
71 Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
~ Mother Teresa
72 No believer is ever alone. Others around you may fail, but God never fails. He is always with you to whisper to your heart and to love, protect, guard, and guide you.
73 “Temptation usually comes in through a door that has deliberately been left open.”
74 “If we always do what we've always done, then we'll always get what we've always gotten.”
75 “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”
~ The Bible
76 “A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.”
77 “Happiness is not a reward — it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment — it is a result.”
~ Robert Green Ingersoll
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