Sunday, March 23, 2014

Happiness








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.
Dale Carnegie



“He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness”
Chinese Proverb



The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
Carlos Castaneda



Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.



Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.
Mahesh Yogi



Happiness is like a butterfly.
The more you chase it, the more it eludes you.
But if you turn your attention to other things,
It comes and sits softly on your shoulder.
 
Henry David Thoreau



To find happiness, look halfway between too little and too much.
Ruskin Bond - ‘The Book of Life’



May you have the wisdom
to be simple,
And the humour
to be happy !
Ruskin Bond - ‘The Book of Life’


"CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE"

How happy is he born and taught
That serveth not another's will;
Whose armour is his honest thought
And simple truth his utmost skill!


Whose passions not his masters are,
Whose soul is still prepared for death,
Not tied unto the world with care
Of public fame, or private breath;


Who envies none that chance doth raise
Or vice; Who never understood
How deepest wounds are given by praise;
Nor rules of state, but rules of good:


Who hath his life from rumours freed,
Whose conscience is his strong retreat;
Whose state can neither flatterers feed,
Nor ruin make accusers great;


Who God doth late and early pray
More of His grace than gifts to lend;
And entertains the harmless day
With a well-chosen book or friend;

-- This man is freed from servile bands
Of hope to rise, or fear to fall;
Lord of himself, though not of lands;
And having nothing, yet hath all.


By Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639)

















Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
 

- MK Gandhi
(Contributed by Aditya Kakkar)



Never search happiness in others,
this will make you feel alone..
But search it in yourself,
you will feel glad even you are left alone.
 

- Unknown
(Contributed by Aditya Kakkar)





Sunday, February 9, 2014

Victory








I count him braver who overcomes desires than one who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.
Aristotle
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Victory belongs to the most persevering
Napoleon
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A victory without danger is a triumph without glory
Pierre Corneille

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Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory
George S Patton

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Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt
Special Olympics Motto

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No pain no gain; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross no crown
William Penn

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You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims
Harriet Woods

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Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it
Dianne Feinstein

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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game
Johann W von Goethe

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You’re not obliged to win. You’re obligated to keep trying to do the best you can everyday
Marian Wright Edelman

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