Quote to start a day.....

2012-01-28T15:34:00.000-05:00

Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy.

~Dr. Bob Kelso

(A character from the TV episode 'Scrubs')

2012-01-28T15:16:00.000-05:00

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.

~ James Earl Jones

2011-11-21T22:48:00.002-05:00

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

~Hosea Ballou

2011-11-21T16:43:00.000-05:00

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

~Samuel Johnson

2011-10-15T18:29:00.000-05:00

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

~ Benjamin Franklin

2011-10-15T18:26:00.002-05:00

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

~ Albert Einstein

2011-08-07T22:43:00.002-05:00

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...
It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival.

~C. S. Lewis

2011-08-06T01:58:00.001-05:00

If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.

:) Sam Levenson

2011-07-22T02:02:00.002-05:00

I am an artist at living -- my work of art is my life.

~Suzuki

2011-07-03T01:50:00.004-05:00

Communication is not an easy science. The math is heavy, and intuition is slow to develop.

~Charan Langton

2011-05-01T10:54:00.000-05:00

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

:) ~Mark Twain

2011-02-01T01:12:00.002-05:00

Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

-Lou Holtz

2011-01-21T10:59:00.000-05:00

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

- Winston Churchill

2010-11-29T01:29:00.000-05:00

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

-Steve Prefontaine

2010-11-25T18:13:00.001-05:00

To be brave is not to be fearless. It is when you fear and you get over it, then you can be called brave. I am human. It is not that I fear nothing. But getting over a fear is a continuous process and I have been successful so far.

-Preity Zinta

(On receipt of the Godfrey's Mind of Steel Award)

2010-10-10T00:44:00.002-05:00

A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life’s worthwhile.

-Author unknown

2010-10-07T13:55:00.001-05:00

It's not what is happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you are going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny.

- Anthony Robbins

2010-10-04T17:19:00.002-05:00

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

- Fredrick Keonig

2010-03-10T11:07:00.001-05:00

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

-Don Marquis

2010-02-06T22:58:00.001-05:00

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

-Pablo Picasso

2010-01-31T12:40:00.002-05:00

Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

-Mark Twain

2010-01-17T21:36:00.001-05:00

Some people walk in the rain... others just get wet...

-Roger Miller

2010-01-15T16:09:00.001-05:00

Peace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for benevolence; confidence; and justice.

-Baruch Spinoza

2010-01-14T14:27:00.000-05:00

People should know what you stand for. They should also know what you won't stand for.

--Author Unknown

2010-01-11T16:45:00.001-05:00

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

-John Wooden

2010-01-08T15:00:00.002-05:00

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

--Roy Disney

2008-12-30T02:21:00.001-05:00

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

-Mark Twain

2008-11-17T01:54:00.000-05:00

He worked by day And toiled by night...
He gave up play And some delight...
Dry books he read New things to learn...
And forged ahead Success to earn...
He plodded on With faith and pluck...
And when he won Others called it luck !!!

-Anonymous

2008-10-14T22:29:00.000-05:00

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

-Kahlil Gibran

2008-09-19T01:01:00.000-05:00

May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness and tied with love.

-L.O. Baird

2008-09-16T21:03:00.002-05:00

Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.

-Langston Coleman

2008-09-15T14:14:00.001-05:00

The best way out is always through.

-Robert Frost

2008-09-09T15:53:00.001-05:00

Good Morning……’n Have a beautiful day……
Flowers…….Sweets…….Luck ‘n Greetings……
I wish you all this today and everyday……

-Amita Gajewar

(I ll also start including some four-liners composed by me or others along with quotes :)

2008-06-02T16:43:00.000-05:00

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

-Louis Hector Berlioz

2008-02-12T13:16:00.000-05:00

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

-Voltaire

2008-02-01T23:40:00.000-05:00

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make right things happen.

- Horace Mann

2008-01-29T11:52:00.000-05:00

Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting, that is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow.

-Author unknown

2007-12-27T01:46:00.000-05:00

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.

-Author unknown

2007-12-15T02:53:00.000-05:00

There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and that is how I look at efficiency.

-Donald Knuth

2007-10-13T09:46:00.000-05:00

Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated

-unknown

2007-10-05T17:29:00.000-05:00

Don't be so humble, you're not that great!

-Golda Meir

2007-10-04T17:00:00.001-05:00

In order to get a loan, you must first prove you don't need it.

-Murphy

2007-09-25T10:16:00.001-05:00

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

-Tolstoy

2007-09-22T14:29:00.001-05:00

We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.

-Larry Page

2007-09-21T12:01:00.000-05:00

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater!

-Albert Einstein

2007-09-20T10:37:00.000-05:00

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

-Lee Iacocca

2007-09-19T11:45:00.001-05:00

2007-09-18T09:47:00.000-05:00

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

-Bjorn Borg

2007-09-16T08:16:00.000-05:00

I want to reach absolute perfection. And I think I can reach it.

-Steffi Graf

2007-09-15T14:20:00.000-05:00

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

-Isaac Newton

2007-09-15T14:14:00.000-05:00

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

-Bill Gates

2007-09-15T01:01:00.000-05:00

I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going.

-Celine Dion

2007-06-13T21:41:00.002-05:00

Love is the condition in which the happinesss of another person is essential to your own.....

-Robert Heinlein

2007-05-26T13:40:00.000-05:00

Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions!

-Jules Michelet

2007-05-04T15:43:00.001-05:00

Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.

-Sergey Brin

2007-05-03T14:12:00.000-05:00

Inquilab Zindabad!!!!

"Long Live Revolution!!!!"

(First line is the Hindi phrase used by Indian patriots and second line is its translation in English)

2007-04-30T13:04:00.000-05:00

There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency.

-Donald Knuth

2007-04-29T14:38:00.000-05:00

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

-Robert Frost

2007-04-28T14:12:00.000-05:00

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

-Thomas Edison

2007-04-27T18:18:00.001-05:00

It gives me a deep comforting sense that "things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal".

-Helen Keller

2007-04-26T13:15:00.000-05:00

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief !

-William Shakespeare

2007-04-25T08:00:00.000-05:00

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

-John F. Kennedy

2007-04-23T08:39:00.000-05:00

The time is always right to do what is right!

- Martin Luther King Jr.

2007-04-23T08:20:00.000-05:00

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected!

-Steve Jobs

2007-04-22T19:17:00.000-05:00

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

-Andy Rooney

2007-04-21T09:25:00.000-05:00

I have a kind soul that would give you thanks, and knows not how to do it, but with tears.....

-William Shakespeare

2007-04-20T12:23:00.000-05:00

The course of true love never did run smooth.

-William Shakespeare

2007-04-19T08:39:00.000-05:00

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.
Out, out, brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow;
a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more:
it is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.

-William Shakespeare

2007-04-18T12:08:00.000-05:00

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow....
that I shall say good night till it be morrow

-William Shakespeare

2007-04-17T11:22:00.000-05:00

Nothing can come of nothing: speak again.

-William Shakespeare

2007-04-16T07:55:00.000-05:00

How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.

-William Shakespeare

2007-04-15T10:08:00.000-05:00

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

-William Shakespeare

2007-04-14T12:27:00.000-05:00

Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things which matter least!!!!!

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

2007-04-13T14:51:00.001-05:00

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

-Mark Twain

2007-04-12T08:23:00.000-05:00

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest!

-Mark Twain