Responsibility & Thoughts by Swami Vivekananda

We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

- Swami Vivekananda

Man and Life by Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered 

"Man. Because he scarifies his health in order to make money.
Then he scarifies money to recuperate his health.
And he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present;
the result being that he does not live in the present or the future;
he lives as if he is never going to die,
and then dies having never really lived."

Love by Mother Teresa

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

-Mother Teresa

Success by Abraham Lincoln

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.

-Abraham Lincoln

Suffering by Muhammad Ali

I hated every minute of training, but I said,
'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

-Muhammad Ali

Life is like roller coaster

Life is like a roller coaster.  It has its ups and downs.
But it's your choice to scream or enjoy the ride.

Extraordinary

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

― Jimmy Johnson

Resources

It doesn't matter how many resources you have. If you don't know how to use them, it will never be enough.

Key for Failure - Bill Cosby

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.  

~Bill Cosby

Stress Management - Short storey

The Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it.

He held it up for all to see & asked the students "How much do you think
this glass weighs?"

'100gms!'..... '150gms!' .....'200gms' ...the students answered.

"I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the professor, "but, my
question is:
What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?"

'Nothing' ...the students said.

'Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the professor
asked.

'Your arm would begin to ache' said one student.

"You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?"

"Your arm could go numb; you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis &
have to go to hospital for sure!"

... Ventured another student & all the students laughed "Very good.

But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?" Asked the
professor.

'No'.. Was the answer.
"Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?"

The students were puzzled.
"What should I do now to come out of pain?" asked professor again.

"Put the glass down!" said one of the students "Exactly!" said the
professor.

Life's problems are something like this.

Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK.
Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache.

Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do
anything.

It's important to think of the challenges or problems in your life, But EVEN
MORE IMPORTANT is to 'PUT THEM DOWN' at the end of every day before you go
to sleep...

That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh & strong & can
handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!

So, when you start your day today, Remember friend to 'PUT THE GLASS DOWN'

Great Father - Photo

Great father carrying her daughter on shoulders even though he is physically challenged. This picture depicts Dad's true love towards children.

People by Richard Branson

"My family brought me up to always look for the best in other people. I love people, I love spending time with people, I love learning from people."

-Richard Branson

Make it happen - Michael Jordan

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Felix Baumgartner

Felix Baumgartner

has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h).

After flying to an altitude of 39,045 meters (128,100 feet) in a helium-filled balloon, Felix Baumgartner completed a record breaking jump from the edge of space, exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound.

Some people are born to break the record and push the limits to extreme where no one has ever tried it before. They dare to do it by taking risk of life!

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Nick Vujicic

Physical Challenge didn't stop him

About Nick Vujicic

(From Wiki) Nicholas James Vujicic (born 4 December 1982) is a Serbian Australian evangelist and motivational speaker born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterised by the absence of all four limbs. As a child, he struggled mentally and emotionally as well as physically, but eventually came to terms with his disability and, at the age of seventeen, started his own non-profit organisation, Life Without Limbs. Vujicic presents motivational speeches worldwide, on life with a disability, hope and finding meaning in life. He also speaks about his belief that God can use any willing heart to do his work and that God is big enough to overcome any and all disabilities.
Although he is physically challenged with his strong will, determination and faith he did over come the physical challenge with mental strength and became most successful in life than an ordinary person.

How did he succeed?

He focused mind on what he could rather what he don't have. He shifted thoughts to POSSIBILITIES from negative to positive. Instead of thinking WHY IT CAN'T BE DONE, HE THINK HOW IT CAN BE DONE?

Some more pictures

 

Making them feel

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

- Maya Angelou

Smile, Hope and Strength

JUST BECAUSE A PERSON SMILES ALL THE TIME DOESN'T MEAN THEIR LIFE IS PERFECT.
THAT SMILE IS A SYMBOL OF HOPE AND STRENGTH.

Perfect Maturity

PERFECT MATURITY is when a person hurts you, and you try to understand their situation and don't hurt them back.

Happiness and Pain

Everyone wants HAPPINESS, no one wants Pain. But you can't make a Rainbow, without a little rain.

Escape from Problem

Running away from Problem only increases the distance from the solution.

The only way to ESCAPE from a problem is to SOLVE IT.

Mistake by Albert Einstein

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Albert Einstein

Great, Average and Small People

GREAT people talk about IDEAS.
AVERAGE people talk about THINGS.
SMALL people talk about OTHERS.

Thinker and Doer

Thinking is a portion that all happens in mind factory and objects in the world are reflection of idea that conceived in mind and manufactured in real factory. Thinking itself never brings any results unless the idea are put in to action.

Letting Control by Will Smith

Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.

- Will Smith

Time and Karma

When a bird is alive... It eats AntsWhen the bird is dead... Ants eat the bird.Time & Circumstance can change any time.Don't Devalue or hurt any one in life.You may be powerful today. But remember.Time is more powerful than you.One tree makes millions of match sticks...Only one match stick need to burn millions of trees..

Moving forward by Martin Luther King Jr

If you can't fly, then run, if you can't run, then walk, if you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Self Esteem - Child

Parents need to fill a child's bucket of self-esteem so high that rest of the world can't poke enough holes to drain it.

- Alvin Price

No one is Perfect

People Say, "Find GOOD people and leave BAD ones."
BUT IT SHOULD BE
"Find the GOOD in the people and ignore the BAD in them.
NO ONE IS PERFECT!

 

Water your own grass...

You may think the grass is greener on the other side. But if you take the time to water your own grass it would be just as green.

Busy

Its Very Easy to Say "Busy" When Someone Needs You...
But Its Very Painful to Hear "Busy" When You Need Someone...

Success by Abdul Kalam

"When our SIGNATURE changes to AUTOGRAPH, this marks the SUCCESS."

- Dr. Abdul Kalam

Beauty by Abdul Kalam

"I'm not a HANDSOME guy, but I can give my HAND-TO-SOME one who needs help. Beauty is in heart, not in face."

- Dr. Abdul Kalam

Birthday by Abdul Kalam

"The only day in your  life...Your mother smiled, when you cried"

- Abdul Kalam

Happiness by Lord Buddha

A man asked Lord Buddha "I want happiness"
Lord Buddha said first remove "I" that's ego.
Then remove "Want" that's desire.
See now you are left with only "Happiness"

- Lord Buddha

Ego by Albert Einstein

"More the Knowledge Less the Ego, Lesser the Knowledge More the Ego"

- Albert Einstein

Idle Mind

"An idle mind is a devil's workshop."

Success by Michael Jordan

I've missed more than 9000 shots in  my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And this is why I succeed. 

- Michael Jordan

Follow your heart by Steve Jobs

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

- Steve jobs