Life: A lesson
Gandhi’s Talisman
“I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away.”
- One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.
“The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.”
And as a side note, there is no sin in modeling more than one successful writer. The more you know, the more you can use. Yes, this process is a lot of work. But it will reward you richly — you will get out of your writing career exactly what you put into it.
Lissey
“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
“When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
-Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
inventor, scientist
“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”
Although she says she didn’t really write Harry Potter as a book for children – she wrote it for herself – she was always keen to talk to her young fans when she met them.
J K rawlings
“You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world’s happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.”
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life . . . will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:35-38)
“Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large.”
- Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Indian political and spiritual leader
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones. When you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.”
–Victor Hugo
“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Give us the strength to encounter that which is to come.”
–Robert Louis Stevenson
“Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
–Unknown
Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.
– E. M. Forster
When you write a book, do you think of an ideal reader?
Paulo Coelho : Yes, I do, and this reader it is me. When I write a book, I try to uncover my soul to myself, and this is the reason why I write books.
Ek Dost Aisa Banaya Jaaye
Jiske Aansuo Ko Palko Me Chupaya Jaaye
Rahe Uska Aur Mera Rishta Kuch Aisa Ki
Agar Rahe Woh Udaas To Humse Bhi Muskuraya Naa Jaaye…..
I guess there’s no blogger that at some time would not post a list of quotes that he thinks are great.
Well, here are 23 Quotes from great people, that inspire me every time I read them:
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
~ Jim Rohn
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
~ Michael Jordan
“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”
~ Tony Robbins
“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot… and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that’s precisely why I succeed.”
~ Michael Jordan
“Just keep in mind it’s all in your mind what you can achieve and how fast.”
~ Unknown
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
~ Albert Einstein
“How soon ‘not now’ becomes ‘never’.”
~ Martin Luther
“Remember that whenever something is not working out, or is making you frustrated or crazy or upset. There is massive success just around the corner. You must believe that.”
~ Unknown
“The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.”
~ Arnold Swarchenegger
“I realized that pain could become pleasure. We were benefiting from pain. We were breaking through the pain barrier and shocking the muscles. I looked at this pain as a positive thing, because I grew.”
~ Arnold Swarchenegger
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”
~ Lance Armstrong
“Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.”
~ Lance Armstrong
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”
~ Jamie Paolinetti
“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.”
~ Tom Krause
“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”
~ Mark Victor Hansen
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”
~ Brian Littrell
“Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.”
~ E. Joseph Cossman
“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”
~ Karen Ravn
“He is able who thinks he is able.”
~ Buddha
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”
~ Paulo Coelho
“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
~ Michael Jordan
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
~ Unknown
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”
~ Richard P. Feynman
Life Experience shapes your writing. Each of life’s experiences becomes part of what you know, what you think, and what you have to say. Your mind is a storehouse for these experiences, as as well as a creative processor for your thoughts. Writing brings the experiences and thoughts together.
The Winding Road is the only road. Writing never follows a straight path. It moves backwards as well as forwards, not to mention sidewards and around in circles. Don’t expect to move neatly and efficiently through the steps in the writing process. But-hey, how dull a straight road is.
Challenges greet you at every turn. You may — you should — find that every assignment presents a challenge. Partly because you’re learning new skills and ideas. But mostly because no matter how many times you take the writer’s journey, no matter how many times you encounter some road that looks like one you’ve gone down before, you’ll encounter new adventures. Words and ideas that take you by surprise.
Only you can do your writing. Each writer works differently, follows a unique path. Some writers work more in their heads, other more on paper. Some need to talk about their writing early on, others would rather keep their ideas to themselves until they’ve worked with them a bit. Some go from ideas to information, others the other direction. Look for your own way. But beware: Having your own way isn’t an excuse for not doing what you need to be successful. Other people have taken this trip before, billions of these trips. Humankind has learned a few things about how to do this. As you look for your own special way, consider and try the ways that others have found effective
Good topics don’t find you; you have to find them — and it ain’t easy. But-hey, do you want to read about something dumb, or that other people have written about 10,000 time before? Well, neither does anyone else. So, take the steps below seriously; you’ll find something worth writing about. (Remember, you’re going to be living with this topics for the next five weeks. You’d better like it.)
No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. ”
Life: A lesson
Gandhi’s Talisman
“I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away.”
- One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.
just dropping by to say hello!
salaam!
“The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.”
-E. M. Forster (1879-1970)
novelist, essayist
And as a side note, there is no sin in modeling more than one successful writer. The more you know, the more you can use. Yes, this process is a lot of work. But it will reward you richly — you will get out of your writing career exactly what you put into it.
Lissey
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
“It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”
-Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
essayist, satirist
“To succeed, we must first believe that we can.”
-Michael Korda (b. 1933)
author, editor
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
American essayist, philosopher and poet
“Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.”
-Robert Martin (b1947)
American Senator
“There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.”
-Katharine Butler Hathaway (1890-1942)
Writer
At some point of time in our life we all need somebody help.
IITFC
“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
-Tenzin Gyatso (b. 1935)
The 14th Dalai Lama
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
“I haven’t failed. I’ve found 10,000 ways that don’t work.”
-Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
inventor
“When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
-Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
inventor, scientist
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.”
-Helen Keller (1880-1968)
author, lecturer, activist
“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”
-Lucille Ball (1911-1989)
actress, producer
Although she says she didn’t really write Harry Potter as a book for children – she wrote it for herself – she was always keen to talk to her young fans when she met them.
J K rawlings
“You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world’s happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.”
-Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
motivational author
“There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”
-Mother Theresa (1910-1997)
founder of the Missionaries of Charity
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life . . . will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:35-38)
BW:
I am never without my notebook and pen. I write every day, no matter where I am – all places are special when I’m writing.
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.”
- Charles Dickens (1786-1851)
“Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large.”
- Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Indian political and spiritual leader
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones. When you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.”
–Victor Hugo
“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Give us the strength to encounter that which is to come.”
–Robert Louis Stevenson
“Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
–Unknown
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
writer, poet, philosopher
“He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.”
- Confucius (551BC-479BC)
thinker, philosopher
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.”
Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.
– E. M. Forster
“Nasrin is not a subtle writer, but she is honest, and never vulgar. It’s absolute rubbish to get her book banned on grounds of obscenity.”
Therefore, a philosopher is the one WHO has a role in civil society, not the one who thinks about life and human beings.
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
- Howard Thurman (1900-1981)
author, theologian, civil rights leader
When you write a book, do you think of an ideal reader?
Paulo Coelho : Yes, I do, and this reader it is me. When I write a book, I try to uncover my soul to myself, and this is the reason why I write books.
मेरे लिए जीवन अपने उसूलों के लिए संघर्ष करने के लिए जीना है.
Taslima Nasreen
लेकिन मेरे लिए सच्चाई बयान करने से बचना तथा नहीं लिखना आत्महत्या के समान है.
Nasreen
Ek Dost Aisa Banaya Jaaye
Jiske Aansuo Ko Palko Me Chupaya Jaaye
Rahe Uska Aur Mera Rishta Kuch Aisa Ki
Agar Rahe Woh Udaas To Humse Bhi Muskuraya Naa Jaaye…..
“Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.”
- Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933)
author, educator, clergyman
“We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.”
-Helen Keller
I guess there’s no blogger that at some time would not post a list of quotes that he thinks are great.
Well, here are 23 Quotes from great people, that inspire me every time I read them:
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
~ Jim Rohn
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
~ Michael Jordan
“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”
~ Tony Robbins
“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot… and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that’s precisely why I succeed.”
~ Michael Jordan
“Just keep in mind it’s all in your mind what you can achieve and how fast.”
~ Unknown
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
~ Albert Einstein
“How soon ‘not now’ becomes ‘never’.”
~ Martin Luther
“Remember that whenever something is not working out, or is making you frustrated or crazy or upset. There is massive success just around the corner. You must believe that.”
~ Unknown
“The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.”
~ Arnold Swarchenegger
“I realized that pain could become pleasure. We were benefiting from pain. We were breaking through the pain barrier and shocking the muscles. I looked at this pain as a positive thing, because I grew.”
~ Arnold Swarchenegger
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”
~ Lance Armstrong
“Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.”
~ Lance Armstrong
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”
~ Jamie Paolinetti
“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.”
~ Tom Krause
“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”
~ Mark Victor Hansen
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”
~ Brian Littrell
“Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.”
~ E. Joseph Cossman
“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”
~ Karen Ravn
“He is able who thinks he is able.”
~ Buddha
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”
~ Paulo Coelho
“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
~ Michael Jordan
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
~ Unknown
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”
~ Richard P. Feynman
dedication
http://www.incomehero.com/mindset/23-quotes-to-get-you-inspired-and-to-take-action/
“Writing is mind traveling,
destination unknown.”
Life Experience shapes your writing. Each of life’s experiences becomes part of what you know, what you think, and what you have to say. Your mind is a storehouse for these experiences, as as well as a creative processor for your thoughts. Writing brings the experiences and thoughts together.
The Winding Road is the only road. Writing never follows a straight path. It moves backwards as well as forwards, not to mention sidewards and around in circles. Don’t expect to move neatly and efficiently through the steps in the writing process. But-hey, how dull a straight road is.
Challenges greet you at every turn. You may — you should — find that every assignment presents a challenge. Partly because you’re learning new skills and ideas. But mostly because no matter how many times you take the writer’s journey, no matter how many times you encounter some road that looks like one you’ve gone down before, you’ll encounter new adventures. Words and ideas that take you by surprise.
Only you can do your writing. Each writer works differently, follows a unique path. Some writers work more in their heads, other more on paper. Some need to talk about their writing early on, others would rather keep their ideas to themselves until they’ve worked with them a bit. Some go from ideas to information, others the other direction. Look for your own way. But beware: Having your own way isn’t an excuse for not doing what you need to be successful. Other people have taken this trip before, billions of these trips. Humankind has learned a few things about how to do this. As you look for your own special way, consider and try the ways that others have found effective
Step 1: Picking a Topic —
finding something worth writing about.
Good topics don’t find you; you have to find them — and it ain’t easy. But-hey, do you want to read about something dumb, or that other people have written about 10,000 time before? Well, neither does anyone else. So, take the steps below seriously; you’ll find something worth writing about. (Remember, you’re going to be living with this topics for the next five weeks. You’d better like it.)
Love is a emotion which opens the door of heart gradually.
Nismar
No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. ”
- Amelia Earhart (b. 1897- missing 1937)
author, spokesperson, and record-setting aviator