Be nice

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one ~BillGates

The 20 Greatest Motivational Quotes Of All Time | A Daring Adventure

The 20 Greatest Motivational Quotes Of All Time | A Daring Adventure: "“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm” – Winston Churchill"

action with faith is mightier

Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier - Thomas Robert Gaines

you must follow your convictions

In times of change, when you know something is right, you must follow your convictions - Tom Feltenstein

success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.- Oliver Goldsmith

Narayana Murthy's advice to youngsters - Rediff.com Business

Narayana Murthy's advice to youngsters - Rediff.com Business: "India has now seen a positive growth and youngsters have greater responsibility to make this growth sustainable, non-executive chairman and chief mentor of Infosys Technologies, N R Narayana Murthy , said on Saturday.
'Now there is an environment full of opportunities and India is being admired around the globe,' he said. Murthy was speaking on 'Institution Building' at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad."

Two thoughts cannot coexist at once

‘Two thoughts cannot coexist at once: if the clear light of mindfulness is present, there is no room for mental twilight.’ ~ Nyanaponika There

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit. ~Publilius Syrus

Smile, breathe and go slowly

Smile, breathe and go slowly. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.’ ~William James

you have to play better than anyone else

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else." - Albert Einstein

The game is as perfect a window into the constitution of a man and the challenges of life

The game is as perfect a window into the constitution of a man and the challenges of life as one can find.
-- Joe Vanek

It is good to be curious

It is good to be curious because that is how one starts the journey of inquiry into existence; but if one simply remains curious, then there will be no intensity in it. One can move from one curiosity to another — one will become a driftwood — from one wave to another wave, never getting anchored anywhere. Curiosity is good as a beginning, but then one has to become more passionate. One has to make life a quest, not only a curiosity. Osho

The self is Shiva tatva

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets
Mind means moods, thoughts, opinions, ideas, all these things that we collect. NO-MIND is meditation. Dawn and dusk are considered very good for mediation. When you meditate you go off the influence of the mind and go into the self. The self is Shiva tatva. Shiva tatva means, always benevolent, caring, loving, uplifing. That consciousness deep within you will nullify the negative influences of the mind and the time.

Age is an issue of mind over matter

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.- Mark Twain

Truth is that which does not change

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets
Truth is that which does not change. Examine your life and identify all that changes as "not truth." With this outlook, you will find that you are surrounded by only untruth.
When you identify untruth, then you will become free from it. When you do not identify the untruth, you cannot become free from it. Your own experiences in life make you identify your own untruth.

There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose

There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and the burning desire to achieve it.
-- Napoleon Hill

You can't threaten, reward or coerce people to care

You can't threaten, reward or coerce people to care.  You can only awaken the desire and then give them the permission and encouragement to make it come alive in their work - Barbara Blanz

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements

The most truthful part of a newspaper is the advertisements.- Thomas Jefferson

Only with awareness can anything be corrected

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets
First, anger is to be tamed. Know this: when the mind is so joyful and contented, when you are in meditation and leave room for imperfections and mistakes, you don’t get angry in the first place. Know that no mistake can be corrected with anger. Only with awareness can anything be corrected.

Human Being has 8. Hence called as ASHTAVASU

Stone (Pathar) has 1 unit of Prana
Water (Pani) has 2 units of Prana
Fire (Agni) has 3 units of Prana
Air(Hava) has 4 units of Prana
Ether (Akash) has 5 units of Prana
Animals and trees have 6 - 7 units of Prana

Human Being has 8. Hence called as ASHTAVASU. Humans have the ability to blossom into a fully blossomed state. Lord Krishna has highest units of Prana – 16. Hence He is referred to as fully blossomed being.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

We come to love not by finding a perfect person

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” ~Sam Keen

Believe in yourself

“Believe in yourself. If you don’t, then no one else will have a reason to” ~John Di Lemme

men are lunatics and women are idiots

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.--Rebecca West

My advice to girls - don’t marry-to excess

My advice to girls: first, don’t smoke-to excess; second, don’t drink-to excess; third, don’t marry-to excess.--Mark Twain

Every man has a secret ambition: To outsmart horses, fish and women

Every man has a secret ambition: To outsmart horses, fish and women.--Mark Twain

From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents

From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she needs good looks, from 35 to 55 she needs a good personality, and from 55 on she needs cash.--Sophie Tucker

I’m 65 and I guess that puts me in the geriatrics

I’m 65 and I guess that puts me in the geriatrics. But if there were 15 months in the year, I’d only be 48. That’s the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than 12 years between the ages of 28 and 40.--James Thurber

The cocks may crow, but it’s the hen that lays the egg

The cocks may crow, but it’s the hen that lays the egg.--Margaret Thatcher

Women are altogether a superior species

Think what cowards men would be if they had to bear children. Women are altogether a superior species.--George Bernard Shaw

No man is a match for a woman

No man is a match for a woman, except with a poker and a hobnailed pair of boots-and not always even then.--George Bernard Shaw

Any woman who has a great deal to offer the world is in trouble

Any woman who has a great deal to offer the world is in trouble.--Hazel Scott

I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do

I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.--Will Rogers

A man can sleep around, no questions asked

A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes 19 or 20 mistakes she’s a tramp.--Joan Rivers

The charms of a passing woman are usually in direct relation to the speed of her passing

The charms of a passing woman are usually in direct relation to the speed of her passing.--Marcel Proust

When the candles are out, all women are fair

When the candles are out, all women are fair.--Plutarch

Thoughts on what it’s like being a woman

Thoughts on what it’s like being a woman: How the hell should I know?--Suzy O'Neill

Woman was God’s second mistake

Woman was God’s second mistake.--Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsch

People in the U.S. used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected

People in the U.S. used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected. Being feminine meant being a cheerleader, not an athlete. The image of women is changing now. You don’t have to be pretty for people to come and see you play.--Martina Navratilova

I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in i

I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it.--Marilyn Monroe

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.
--Phyllis McGinley

I’m anal retentive. I’m a workaholic. I have insomnia

I’m anal retentive. I’m a workaholic. I have insomnia. And I’m a control freak. That’s why I’m not married. Who could stand me?--Madonna

But if God had wanted us to think with our wombs, why did he give us a brain?

But if God had wanted us to think with our wombs, why did he give us a brain?
--Clare Boothe Luce

All one’s life as a young woman one is on show, a focus of attention, people notice you

All one’s life as a young woman one is on show, a focus of attention, people notice you. You set yourself up to being noticed and admired. And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous.--Doris Lessing

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.--Samuel Johnson

The hardest years in a woman’s life are those between 10 and 70

The hardest years in a woman’s life are those between 10 and 70.--Helen Hayes (at 83)

A faithful woman looks to the spring, a good book, perfume

A faithful woman looks to the spring, a good book, perfume, earthquakes, and divine revelation for the experience others find in a lover. They deceive their husbands, so to speak, with the entire world, men excepted.--Jean Giraudoux

There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it

There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.--Mme. De Giradin

The real enemy is women’s denigration of themselves

Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim. The real enemy is women’s denigration of themselves.--Betty Friedan

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too.
--Queen Elizabeth I

Men like women who write

Men like women who write. Even though they don’t say so. A writer is a foreign country.
--Marguerite Duras

The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him

The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.--Marlene Dietrich

Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade

Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade, since it consists principally of dealing with men.
--Joseph Conrad

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing-and then marry him

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing-and then marry him.--Cher

Behind almost every woman you ever heard of stands a man who let her down

Behind almost every woman you ever heard of stands a man who let her down.--Naomi Bliven

The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run

The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run.
--John Barrymore

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women-and so little time

Shriya

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women-and so little time.
--John Barrymore

A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it

A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.--Jane Austen

The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women

The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.--Nancy Astor

hen a woman is very, very bad, she is awful

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.--Minna Antrim

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains because the average man can see better than he can think.
--Anonymous

A youthful figure is what you get when you ask a woman her age

A youthful figure is what you get when you ask a woman her age.--Anonymous

You can never trust a woman; she may be true to you.

You can never trust a woman; she may be true to you.
--Douglas Ainslie

Women like silent men. They think they are listeni

Women like silent men. They think they are listening.--Marcel Achard

We don’t want so much to see a female Einstein become an assistant professor

Samantha

We don’t want so much to see a female Einstein become an assistant professor. We want a woman schlemiel to get promoted as quickly as a male schlemiel. —Bella Abzug

One of the most important keys to living a happy life

One of the most important keys to living a happy life is to clearly identify your core values.  You must decide what matters most - Mac Anderson

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked

cartoon: DC

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
Peter Drucker

Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks

"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” ~Mary Lou Cook

vision, patience, and execution

I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases.  There's vision, patience, and execution - Steve Balimer

When U take science & spirituality together then U will progress in life

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Daily Sutras and Knowledge Sheets
Take both the modern & the ancient & move ahead. The roots are spirituality, our tradition & culture. The leaves & branches are science. When U take science & spirituality together then U will progress in life. Sometimes in the name of spirituality we follow superstitions or thinking we are scientific we ignore our traditions. Take the middle path. Honor & respect traditions, have a scientific outlook & do Good!

Study: Half Of Men May Be Infected With HPV

Study: Half Of Men May Be Infected With HPV: "Half of men in the general population may be infected with human papillomavirus or HPV, the human wart virus that causes cervical and other cancers, strengthening the case for vaccinating boys against HPV, U.S. researchers said Monday."

Look at life through the windshield

Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror - Byrd Baggett