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West |
Life |
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Life is a tragedy for those who feel,
and a comedy for those who think. ~ Jean de la Bruyere
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Life is like an onion: you peel off
layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it. ~
J.G. Hunekar
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to
achieve it through not dying. ~ Woody Allen
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Happiness
More
about Happiness: One Way,
Many Paths |
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Happiness
lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of
creative effort.
~ Franklin D.
Roosevelt
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Always leave something to wish for;
otherwise you will be
miserable from your very
happiness.
~
Gracian Baltasar
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There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so. ~
William Shakespeare
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Beliefs, Values |
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To be able under all circumstances to
practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are
gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness. ~
Confucius
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We believe in self creation. That's why
Buddhists
believe in the
Four Noble
Truths. ~ Dalai Lama
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To achieve self-liberation and nirvana
you need to perform your duties without expecting any reward for it.
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Hinduism
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Greater
is He that is in you, than he that is in the world. ~
Jesus Christ
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There is no real excellence in all this
world which can be separated from right living. ~ David Starr
Jordan
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Refrain from doing ill; for one all
powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds. ~
Juvenal
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Character, Personality |
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Vain indeed is all overweening pride in
the conquest even of the entire universe if one has not conquered
one's own passions. ~
Sri Aurobindo
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Conduct yourself in this world, as if
you are here to stay forever; prepare for eternity as if you have to
die tomorrow. ~
Mohammad
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He who merely knows right principles is
not equal to him who loves them. ~ Confucius
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We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a
habit.
~
Aristotle
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Character may be manifested in the
great moments, but it is made in the small ones. ~ Winston
Churchill
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The ultimate measure of a man is not
where he stands in moments of comfort, but were he stands at times
of challenge and controversy. ~
Martin Luther King
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Knowledge, Wisdom |
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For knowledge add a little every day,
for wisdom erase a little every day.
~
Lao Tzu
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of
ones ignorance. ~ Confucius
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We begin to ask questions, such as:
"What is the purpose of life? What is my true nature? What is the
source and origin of this entire creation?" When questions of this
kind arise in a person's mind, his or her
quest for knowledge begins. ~
Swami Tejomayananda
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ~
Socrates
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The most important thing in terms of
your circle of competence is not how large the area of it is, but
how well you've defined the perimeter. ~
Warren Buffett
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Super-competence is more objectionable
than incompetence. ~
Peter's Observation, Murphy's Law
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Achievement,
Winning,
Fulfillment
More
about Winner: One Way, Many
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Though he should conquer a thousand men
in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would
conquer himself is the noblest victor. ~
Buddha
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He who conquers others is
strong; he who conquers himself is mighty. ~ Lao Tzu
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The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self. ~
Muhammad
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He who rules his
spirit has won a greater victory than the taking of a city.~ Jesus Christ
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Carry the battle to them. Don't let
them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever
apologize for anything. ~
Harry S. Truman
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The roots of true
achievement lie in
the will to become the best that you can become. ~
Harold Taylor
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Success,
Failure |
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If you really want
everything, then give up everything. ~ Lao Tzu
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He is able who thinks he is able. ~
Buddha
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By touching you may kill, by keeping
away you may possess.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
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The
successful person makes a habit of
doing what the failing person doesn't like to do. ~ Thomas Edison
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Even if at first you do succeed, you
will still have to work hard to stay there. ~
Richard C. Miller
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Fail
often to succeed sooner.
~
Tom Kelley
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Problem
Solving |
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Desires are the cause suffering. If
desire, which lies at the route of all human
passion, can be
removed, then passion will die out and all human suffering will be
ended. ~
Buddhism
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He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who
loves finds the
gate open. ~
Rabindranath Tagore
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Everything will settle in its own
place automatically. ~ Lao Tzu
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Leadership |
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When Master rules, people cannot make
note of his existence.
~ Lao Tzu
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We have to be the change we want in the
world. ~
Mahatma Gandhi
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To govern is to be correct. If you
set
an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?
~ Confucius
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Leadership is done from in front. Never
ask others to do what you, if challenged, would not be willing to do
yourself. ~
Xenophon
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No person can be a
great leader unless
he takes genuine joy in the success of those under him. ~
W.A. Nanc
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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros,
even in their own backyard. If you have a yes-man working for you,
one of you is redundant. ~
Colin Powell
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