Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category

If God answers your Prayer

Posted by maneesh On November - 26 - 2010

If God answers your Prayer
He is increasing your faith…

If God delays your Prayers…
He is increasing your Patience…

If God does not answer your Prayer
He knows you can handle it perfectly…

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I have realized that

Posted by maneesh On November - 26 - 2010
  • I have realized that, its not always a coward who gives up a fight, sometimes smart people too.
  • I have realized that, you can't have happiness unless you are already happy.
  • I have realized that, if you make decisions with your heart, you are bound to regret them later in your life...
  • I have realized that, kids are never at fault, they just mirror our faults.
  • I have realized that, tears convey more than words can ever say.
  • I have realized that, every relationship has an expiry date...
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To realize The value of

Posted by maneesh On November - 26 - 2010
  • To realize The value of a sister: Ask someone Who doesn't have one.
  • To realize The value of ten years: Ask a newly Divorced couple.
  • To realize The value of four years: Ask a graduate.
  • To realize The value of one year: Ask a student who Has failed a final exam.
  • To realize The value of nine months: Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.
  • To realize The value of one month: Ask a mother who has given birth to A premature baby.
  • To realize the value of a friend: Lose one.
  • To realize The value of one week: Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
  • To realize The value of one hour: Ask the lovers who are waiting to Meet.
  • To realize The value of one minute: Ask a person Who has missed the train, bus or plane.
  • To realize The value of one-second: Ask a person Who has survived an accident...
  • To! realize The value of one millisecond: Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics
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Gandhiji’s quotes

Posted by maneesh On November - 26 - 2010
  • A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
  • A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
  • A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
  • A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
  • A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
  • A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
  • A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
  • A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
  • A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
  • A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
  • Action expresses priorities.
  • Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
  • Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
  • All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
  • Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
  • Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
  • An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
  • An eye for an eye makes us all blind.
  • An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
  • An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
  • An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
  • Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
  • Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
  • As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
  • Be the change that you want to see in the world.
  • Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
  • Better far than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.
  • Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.
  • But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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Three Things in Life

Posted by maneesh On November - 26 - 2010

1) Three things in life that, once gone, never come back-

Time

Words

Opportunity

2) Three things in life that may never be lost

Peace

Hope

Honesty

3) Three things in life that are most valuable -

Love

Self-confidence

Friends

4) Three things in life that are never certain -

Dreams

Success

Fortune

5) Three things that make a man/woman -

Hard work

Sincerity

Commitment

6) Three things in life that can destroy a man/woman -

Alcohol

Pride

Anger

7) Three things in life that, once lost, hard to build-up -

Respect

Trust

Friendship

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More Gandhijis Quotes

Posted by maneesh On November - 26 - 2010
  • Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
  • Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
  • We do not need to proselytize either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
  • We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
  • We must become the change we want to see in the world.
  • We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
  • We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.
  • What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
  • What is true of the individual will be to-morrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
  • Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
  • When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
  • When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
  • Where love is, there God is also.
  • Where there is love there is life.
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  • "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are hooked first."
  • "Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."
  • "The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you."
  • "There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."
  • "Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
  • "As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
  • "The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."
  • "Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
  • "The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
  • "A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
  • "Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness."
  • "Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends."
  • "Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person."
  • "Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."
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Too often we don’t realize

Posted by maneesh On November - 26 - 2010
  • Too often we don't realize what we have until it's gone. Too often we wait too late to say "I'm sorry - I was wrong."
  • Sometimes it seems we hurt the ones we hold dearest to our hearts. And we allow foolish things to tear our lives apart.
  • Far too many times we let unimportant things into our minds. And then it's usually too late to see what made us blind.
  • So be sure that you let people know how much they mean to you. Take that time to say the words before your time is through.
  • Be sure that you appreciate everything you've got. And be thankful for the Little things in life...that mean a lot.
  • "If you try, you may not win...But if you don't, you will definitely lose!!!
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Some wacky quotes

Posted by maneesh On July - 4 - 2010
  • Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.
  • To Err is human, to forgive is not a COMPANY policy.
  • The road to success??.. Is always under construction.
  • Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does Milk.
  • In order to get a Loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.
  • All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive or fattening.
  • Since Light travels faster than Sound, people appear brighter before you hear them speak.
  • Everyone has a scheme of getting rich?.. Which never works.
  • If at first you don't succeed?. Destroy all evidence that you ever tried.
  • You can never determine which side of the bread to butter. If it falls down, it will always land on the buttered side.
  • Anything dropped on the floor will roll over to the most inaccessible corner.
  • As soon as you mention something?? if it is good, it is taken?. If it is bad, it happens.
  • He who has the gold, makes the rules ---- Murphy's golden rule.
  • If you come early, the bus is late. If you come late?? the bus is still late.
  • Once you have bought something, you will find the same item being sold somewhere else at a cheaper rate.
  • When in a queue, the other line always moves faster and the person in front of you will always have the most complex of transactions.
  • If you have paper, you don't have a pen??. If you have a pen, you don't have paper?? if you have both, no one calls.
  • Especially for engg. Students---- If you have bunked the class, the professor has taken attendance.
  • You will pick up maximum wrong numbers when on roaming.
  • The door bell or your mobile will always ring when you are in the bathroom.
  • After a long wait for bus no.20, two 20 number buses will always pull in together and the bus which you get in will be crowded than the other.
  • If your exam is tomorrow, there will be a power cut tonight.
  • Irrespective of the direction of the wind, the smoke from the cigarette will always tend to go to the non-smoker.
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