Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts

Friday, August 20, 2010

My Guiding Principles and Favorite Quotations



Some quotations and advices that I hold close to heart.

The notion that something you enjoy belongs to you, is the reason for all sorrows. You came empty handed, you will leave empty handed too ~ Bhagavat Gita

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are traveling in a wrong path ~Swami Vivekananda

I had the blues because i had no shoes, until in the street i met a man who had no feet

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned ~Buddha

Never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and besides, the pig likes it. ~ Cyrus Chig

There is no free lunch in this world, except in mouse traps!

Never borrow money ~ My Dad

Lend money only if you are sure that the relation won’t be strained even if you don’t get it back!
~ Learned from my own experience

Certain things change in life, and they are never the same again. Don’t expect things to be the way you like ~ Again from my own experience


Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been a statue erected to a critic.
-- Jean Sibelius

The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself
 

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

One of the most Inspiring Speeches I have heard