Thursday, October 30, 2008

Quotes from Great People.

1) You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. - Abraham Lincoln.
2) Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by things you didn't do than the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in the sails. Dream. Explore. Discover." - Mark Twain

Quotes - Idea

1) Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
2) A good idea can change ones world, two bad ideas can spoil it, but never destroy.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Quotes in हिन्दी

1) एक फत्तर छोट खाकर कंकर कंकर हो गया, एक फत्तर छोट खाकर शंकर शंकर हो गया
2) काम बंता है काम करने से ना की बाते करने से

Monday, October 27, 2008

Quote - Name.

What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; - Juliet
(Romeo and Juliet)

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Quotes - Change

1) You can not change others until you change you. - Zig Ziglar.

Quotes - Gratitude.

1) The healthiest of all the human emotions is Gratitude - Zig Ziglar

Quotes - Opportunity

1) You can miss a change, but never miss an opportunity.

Zeal

A best example to show that "if you have the zeal in you, it doesn't matter where you are and what you do".
Listen to the students of Wesleyan University performing during the Navaratri festival. They train under Adjunct Instructor Balu and Artist in Residence David Nelson from the Ethnomusicology department.

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=lwdDm3UO5WM

Friday, October 24, 2008

Invest in monkeys...and earn peanuts!

In a tiny village, a man decided to engage the villagers by offering them some work.
He announced that he would buy monkeys from them for Rs 10 per monkey. So, the villagers began catching them by the dozen, and as promised the man paid them.
But pretty soon the villagers became laid-back and the pace of work slowed down. So, the man offered to pay Rs 20 for every monkey they caught. The villagers started catching monkeys with a vengeance, again. But pretty soon the supply diminished, and people returned to their farms. The going price was raised to Rs 25 and then, Rs 50.Then one fine day the man had to visit the city and asked his assistant to take over.
The assistant came up with a new game place. He asked the villagers to buy the same monkeys that were sold by them for Rs 35 and sell them to the man for Rs 50. The villagers queued up with all their savings to buy the monkeys.After some days, neither the man nor the assistant could be found. There were monkeys all around!

Poised Mind

A long time ago in China , a girl named Li-Li got married went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn't get along with her mother-in-law at all.
Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law' s habits. In addition, she criticized Li-Li constantly.
Days passed, and weeks passed. Li-Li and her mother-in-law never stopped arguing and fighting.
But what made the situation even worse was that, according to ancient Chinese tradition, Li-Li had to bow to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and unhappiness in the house was causing Li-Li's poor husband! D great distress.
Finally, Li-Li could not stand her mother-in-! law's bad temper and dictatorship any longer, and she decided to do something about it! Li-Li went to see her father's good friend, Mr. Huang, who sold herbs.
She told him the situation and asked if he would give her some poison so that she could solve the problem once and for all.
Mr. Huang thought for awhile, and finally said, "Li-Li, I will help you solve your problem, but you must listen to me and obey what I tell you."Li-Li said, "Yes, Mr. Huang, I will do whatever you tell me to do."Mr. Huang went into the back room, and returned in a few minutes with a package of herbs.
He told Li-Li, "You can't use a quick-acting poison to get rid of your mother-in-law, because that would cause people to become suspicious Therefore, I have given you a number of herbs that will slowly build up poison in her body. Every other day prepare some delicious meal and put a little of these herbs in her serving.Now, in order to make sure that nobody suspect you, when she dies, you must be very careful to act very friendly towards her. "Don't argue with her, obey her every wish, and treat her like a queen." Li-Li was so happy.She thanked Mr. Huang and hurried home to start her plot of murdering her mother-in-law.
Weeks went by, and months went by, and every other day, Li-Li served the specially treated food to her mother-in-law. She remembered what Mr. Huang had said about avoiding suspicion, so she controlled her temper!, obeyed her mother-in-law, and treated her like her own mother.
After six months had passed, the whole household had changed. Li-Li had practiced controlling her temper so much that she found that she almost never got mad or upset. She hadn't had an argument with her mother-in-law in six months because she now seemed much kinder and easier to get along with.The mother-in-law' s attitude toward Li-Li changed, and she began to love Li-Li like her own daughter.
She kept telling friends and relatives that Li-Li was the best daughter-in- law one could ever find. Li-Li and her mother-in-law were now treating each other like a real mother and daughter.Li-Li's husband was very happy to see what was happening.
One day, Li-Li came to see Mr. Huang and asked for his help again She said, "Dear Mr. Huang, please help me to keep the poison from killing my mother-in-law. She's changed into such a nice woman, and I love her like my own mother. I do not want her to die because of the poison I gave her."
Mr. Huang smiled and nodded his head. "Li-Li, there's nothing to worry about. I never gave you any poison. The herbs I gave you were vitamins to improve her health. The only poison was in your mind and your attitude toward her, but that has been all washed away by the love which you gave to her."

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Quotes - Winner

1) A Winner is not the one who never fails, but the one who never quits.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Quotes - Failure

1) Failure has to be handled by reorganizing and not by retiring.
2) It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success -Havelock Ellis
3) If you try you may fail otherwise you will fail for sure.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Chat with God...

GOD : Hello. Did you call me?
Me: Called you? No.. who is this?
GOD : This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.
Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something.
GOD : What are you busy at? Ants are busy too.
Me: Don't know. But I cant find free time. Life has become hectic.It'srush hour all the time.
GOD : Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.
Me: I understand. But I still cant figure out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.
GOD : Well I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.
Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
GOD : Stop analyzing life. Just live it.. Analysis is what makes it complicated.
Me: why are we then constantly unhappy?
GOD : Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's why you are not happy.
Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
GOD : Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.
Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty. .
GOD : Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?
GOD : Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life become better not bitter.
Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?
GOD : Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher..She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why can't we befree from problems?
GOD : Problems are Purposeful Road blocks Offering Beneficial Lessons (to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.
Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where weare heading...
GOD : If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving inthe right direction. What should I do?
GOD : Success is a measure as decided by others.Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.
Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?
GOD : Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
Me: What surprises you about people?
GOD : when they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.
Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I cant get the answer.
GOD : Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here.Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.
Me: How can I get the best out of life?
GOD : Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.
Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.
GOD : There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.
Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat. I am so happy to start the New Year with a new sense of inspiration.
GOD : Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live .

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Quotes - Murphy's Laws on Work

1)Don't be irreplaceable, if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
2) Never ask two questions in a business letter. The reply will discuss the one you are least interested in, and say nothing about the other.
3) To err is human, to forgive is not company policy.
4) Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing.
5) If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.
6) You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.
7) At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying.
8) When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.
9) You will always get the greatest recognition for the job you least like.

Quotes - Imagination

1)First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.- Napoleon Hill
2)Logics will get you from A to B, imagination will take you everywhere.- Albert Einstein

Keen Observation

There is profound strength in observing silence. Knowing this secret all those people who observe silence have a sparkling & cheerful life.
There was an advertisement in a newspaper saying: "An officer required in a company dealing with very small sensitive instruments. .."
It was a prestigious post therefore lots of people applied for the post. All the selected applicants arrived for the interview on the decided date. While waiting to be called for interview, some of the applicants were drinking tea/coffee, some were smoking, some were talking & others were trying to impress the officers of the comapny. The hall was very noisy.
In this noisy environment there was a young man who was sitting peacefully. He was not doing anything. He was just silent & at peace with himself.
All of a sudden an announcement not easily audible was made from one of the sensitive instruments: "We would like to recruit a person who has a quiet nature and keen observation. The person who can hear this instruction may come in and take the recruitment letter."
Nobody could hear that anouncement in such a noisy atmosphere. But the young man who was sitting silently got up immediately and went in. He was appointed for that position. He went out of the room with the recruitment offer in his hand and spoke to other applicants: "Why is such a chaos here? I'm already appointed for the position."
All others were annoyed after hearing his statement. They accused him of bribing the recruiting group. Then that man replied peacefully: "Before going in I thought of you all. Then I saw that none of you could hear that instruction which said whoever can hear this voice can come in and collect their appointment letter. I was able to hear that but none of you could do that."

Quotes - Achievers

1)Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton

2)Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.
- Nido Qubein

Genghis Khan and his Hawk

One morning Genghis Khan, the great king and warrior, rode out into the
woods to have a day's sport. Many of his friends were with him. They
rode out gayly, carrying their bows and arrows. Behind them came the
servants with the hounds.

It was a merry hunting party. The woods rang with their shouts and
laughter. They expected to carry much game home in the evening.

On the king's wrist sat his favorite hawk, for in those days hawks were
trained to hunt. At a word from their masters they would fly high up
into the air, and look around for prey. If they chanced to see a deer or
a rabbit, they would swoop down upon it swift as any arrow.

All day long Genghis Khan and his huntsmen rode through the woods. But
they did not find as much game as they expected. Toward evening they
started for home. The king had often ridden through the woods, and he
knew all the paths. So while the rest of the party took the nearest way,
he went by a longer road through a valley between two mountains.

The day had been warm, and the king was very thirsty. His pet hawk left
his wrist and flown away. It would be sure to find its way home.

The king rode slowly along. He had once seen a spring of clear water
near this pathway. If he could only find it now! But the hot days of
summer had dried up all the mountain brooks.

At last, to his joy, he saw some water trickling down over the edge of a
rock. He knew that there was a spring farther up. In the wet season, a
swift stream of water always poured down here; but now it came only one
drop at a time.

The king leaped from his horse. He took a little silver cup from his
hunting bag. He held it so as to catch the slowly falling drops.

It took a long time to fill the cup; and the king was so thirsty that he
could hardly wait. At last it was nearly full. He put the cup to his
lips, and was about to drink. All at once there was a whirring sound in
the air, and the cup was knocked from his hands. The water was all
spilled upon the ground.

The king looked up to see who had done this thing. It was his pet hawk.

The hawk flew back and forth a few times, and then alighted among the
rocks by the spring.

The king picked up the cup, and again held it to catch the trickling drops.

This time he did not wait so long. When the cup was half full, he lifted
it toward his mouth. But before it had touched his lips, the hawk
swooped down again, and knocked it from his hands.

And now the king began to grow angry. He tried again, and for the third
time the hawk kept him from drinking.

The king was now very angry indeed. "How do you dare to act so?" he
cried. "If I had you in my hands, I would wring your neck!"

Then he filled his cup again. But before he tried to drink, he drew his
sword. "Now, Sir Hawk," he said, "that is the last time."

He had hardly spoken before the hawk swooped down and knocked the cup
from his hand. But the king was looking for this. With a quick sweep of
the sword he struck the bird as it passed.

The next moment the poor hawk lay bleeding and dying at its master's
feet. "That is what you get for your pains," said Genghis Khan.

But when he looked for his cup, he found that it had fallen between two
rocks, where he could not reach it.

"At any rate, I will have a drink from that spring," he said to himself.

With that he began to climb the steep bank to the place from which the
water trickled. It was hard work, and the higher he climbed, the
thirstier he became.

At last he reached the place. There indeed was a pool of water; but what
was that lying in the pool, and almost filling it? It was a huge, dead
snake of the most poisonous kind.

The king stopped. He forgot his thirst. He thought only of the poor dead
bird lying on the ground below him.

"The hawk saved my life!" he cried, "and how did I repay him? He was my
best friend, and I have killed him."

He clambered down the bank. He took the bird up gently, and laid it in
his hunting bag. Then he mounted his horse and rode swiftly home. He
said to himself,

"I have learned a sad lesson today, and that is, never to do anything in
anger
, Please dont do any thing in anger, which later on you have to
repent for it. Be calm and control your anger."