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Hello world!

January 8, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Hello,

 To start with I want to share some quotes(my favourite past time activity) . So here they go:

The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid.
Confucius

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
Jospeph Addison

Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.
Josh Billings

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–which is:
Try to please everybody.
Herbert Bayard Swope

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
Vince Lombardi

Fall seven times, stand up eight. Japanese proverb

The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates

After the game,
the king and the pawn go into the same box.
Italian Proverb

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
La Bruyere

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
Elbert Hubbard

To live is like to love–all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
Samuel Butler

He who hesitates is lost.
Proverb

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

For hope is but the dream
of those that wake.
Matthew Prior

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
Catherine the Great

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
Charles Dickens

One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little.
Alexander Chase

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 that has been opened for us.
Helen Keller

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Albert Schweitzer

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
Aldous Huxley

There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
David Burns, Intimate Connections

There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Epictetus

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
John Stuart Mills

You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
Robert F. Kennedy

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. – Michel de Montaigne

Happy New Year 2008.

I have lots to do this year……details later…

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