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A good captain must be a fighter; confident but not arrogant, firm but not obstinate; able to take criticism without letting it unduly disturb him, for he is sure to get it -- and unfairly, too.--Bradman, on captaincy
my own thoughts ....
1. If it is correct then you can convince others ; however, if you convince others, you need not be correct.
other's thoughts ....
Success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm - Winston Churchill
Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying. - Jean Paul Getty
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything. - Voltaire
To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it. - Arnold Toynbee
"It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward." - Baltazar Gracian
"Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about." - Saskya Pandita
"If I had more time I'd write a shorter letter." —Mark Twain
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. -
Soren Kierkegaard - “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something"-Anne Frank. --------Fight with problems, not with people --------------------------------------------------------- Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self confidence. Robert Frost --------------------------------------------------------- Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. Thomas H. Huxley --------------------------------------------------------- A leader is assailed because he is a leader, and the effort to equal him is merely added proof of that leadership. Unknown --------------------------------------------------------- Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur --------------------------------------------------------- Failing to plan is planning to fail. --------------------------------------------------------- For humans, honesty is a matter of degree. Engineers are always honest in matters of technology and human relationships. That's why it's a good idea to keep engineers away from customers, romantic interests, and other people who can't handle the truth. Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle --------------------------------------------------------- The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King --------------------------------------------------------- That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse. Calvin and Hobbes --------------------------------------------------------- If all your life you live with a clear conscience, You need not fear a knock at the door at midnight. Kung Fu Meditation thought --------------------------------------------------------- A wise person makes his own decisions, A weak one obeys public opinion. Kung Fu Meditation thought --------------------------------------------------------- Beasts do not know their own strengths. Men do not know their own faults. Kung Fu Meditation thought --------------------------------------------------------- If there is something that you don't want anyone to know about, Don't do it. Kung Fu Meditation thought --------------------------------------------------------- Desire is the cause of all sorrow. Buddha --------------------------------------------------------- Childhood is short Maturity is forever. Calvin and Hobbes --------------------------------------------------------- At the bottom of an application form, it said "Sign here:" I wrote "Sagittarius". --------------------------------------------------------- A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. George Moore --------------------------------------------------------- Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, Or because others do not yet share it, Is an attitude that only hinders progress. Mahatma Gandhi --------------------------------------------------------- Use ego as a driving force for growth but not for pride. Unknown --------------------------------------------------------- Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson --------------------------------------------------------- Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that. But the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain --------------------------------------------------------- An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. M.K. Gandhi --------------------------------------------------------- 100% of the shots you don't take don't go in. Wayne Gretzky --------------------------------------------------------- Miracles happen only if we let them... Don't quit. --------------------------------------------------------- If you ever get a second chance in life for something, You've got to go all the way. Lance Armstrong --------------------------------------------------------- Think of every obstacle as an opportunity. Lance Armstrong's mom --------------------------------------------------------- Life is not fair. Get used to it! --------------------------------------------------------- A good teacher makes himself progressively more unnecessary. --------------------------------------------------------- Honour your fiercest opponent. The better your opponent, the better you have to be. Lance Armstrong --------------------------------------------------------- The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi --------------------------------------------------------- Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way. Jim Courier --------------------------------------------------------- A friend married is a friend lost. --------------------------------------------------------- Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success. Thomas Edison --------------------------------------------------------- When the defining moment comes, Either you define the moment or the moment defines you. --------------------------------------------------------- It is not the size of the dog in the fight that matters, It is the size of the fight in the dog that matters. --------------------------------------------------------- Do only what only you can do. Dijkstra --------------------------------------------------------- A picture is worth a thousand words. But a formula is worth a thousand pictures. Dijkstra --------------------------------------------------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. --------------------------------------------------------- Winners don't quit. Quitters don't win. --------------------------------------------------------- One's past is what one is. It's the only way to judge a person Oscar Wilde --------------------------------------------------------- The simplest explanation is best William of Occam --------------------------------------------------------- It doesn't take anything for a candle to light another candle. Anonymous --------------------------------------------------------- Most people live like they will never die... And die like they have never lived! --------------------------------------------------------- When you play, keep your bodies in the oven and Brains in the refrigerator. --------------------------------------------------------- If it's green, it's biology. If it stinks, it's chemistry. If it has numbers, it's math. If it doesn't work, it's technology.? Unknown --------------------------------------------------------- Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. Sir Winston Churchill --------------------------------------------------------- Home is where they take you in, no matter what.. --------------------------------------------------------- If you want to feel rich, Just count all the things you have that money can't buy. --------------------------------------------------------- Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present --------------------------------------------------------- Those who can, measure. Others simulate... Those who can, solve. Others approximate... --------------------------------------------------------- The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. R. W. Hamming --------------------------------------------------------- To iterate is human, to recurse is divine. L. Peter Deutsch --------------------------------------------------------- By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates --------------------------------------------------------- Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right. The the other is husband! --------------------------------------------------------- Good judgment comes from experience; Experience comes from Bad judgment. --------------------------------------------------------- The greatest enemy one must conquer is the one within. --------------------------------------------------------- Smart People learn from their mistakes, Wise People learn from OTHERS' mistakes... --------------------------------------------------------- When you lose, Don't lose the lesson. --------------------------------------------------------- Invest yourself in everything you do. There is fun in being serious. Wynston Marsalis --------------------------------------------------------- Tough times don't last. Tough people do... --------------------------------------------------------- Three most difficult things to do: Keeping a secret, forgetting an injury and making good use of leisure. Bruce Lee --------------------------------------------------------- When the going gets tough, Tough get going. When the going gets rough, Tough get rougher. --------------------------------------------------------- Marriages are like golden cages; The birds outside aspire to get in, Those inside despair to get out. --------------------------------------------------------- It is with logic that one proves; It is with intuition that one invents. Henri Poincare --------------------------------------------------------- Most people don't mind criticism..... As long as it is about someone else. --------------------------------------------------------- Never deprive someone of hope; It might be all they have. --------------------------------------------------------- Winning is not everything, It is the ONLY thing.. --------------------------------------------------------- Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. Oprah Winfrey --------------------------------------------------------- Give people a second chance, but not a third. --------------------------------------------------------- Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know. --------------------------------------------------------- World listens to what you say, But a friend listens to what you CANNOT say. --------------------------------------------------------- One kind word warms up three winter months.. Japanese saying. One good heater warms up all your winters.. My solution :)) --------------------------------------------------------- If you smile when no one else is around, You really mean it. --------------------------------------------------------- You are unique, Just like everyone else. --------------------------------------------------------- Talent is gift plus passion. A desire so intense that no force on earth can stop it. --------------------------------------------------------- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching --------------------------------------------------------- He who takes no risks, Loses nothing. But gains nothing either... --------------------------------------------------------- The most important lesson that you can learn from winning is that YOU CAN. --------------------------------------------------------- It is never the WRONG time to do the RIGHT thing, It is never the RIGHT time to do the WRONG thing.. --------------------------------------------------------- Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life and death matters, Nothing is as important as it first seems. --------------------------------------------------------- Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret. --------------------------------------------------------- Praise in public. Criticize in private. --------------------------------------------------------- Be cautious about lending money to friends. You might lose both. --------------------------------------------------------- Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born. --------------------------------------------------------- Winners do what losers don't want to do. --------------------------------------------------------- Be bold and courageous. When you look back at your life, You will regret the things that you didn't do more than the ones you did. --------------------------------------------------------- Just to see how it feels, for the next 24 hours Refrain from criticizing anyone or anything. --------------------------------------------------------- Every person that you meet knows something that you don't. Learn from them. --------------------------------------------------------- Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. --------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared. You never get a second chance to make a good first impression. --------------------------------------------------------- Watch out for big problems. They disguise big opportunities. --------------------------------------------------------- What you must do, do cheerfully and whole heartedly. --------------------------------------------------------- Don't trust your memory, write it down! --------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well. --------------------------------------------------------- Remember that when your mom says "You'll regret it", You probably will.. --------------------------------------------------------- If you borrow something more than twice, Buy one for yourself. --------------------------------------------------------- Never make fun of people who speak broken English. It means they know another language. --------------------------------------------------------- Remember that the only dumb question is the one you wanted to ask, But didn't. --------------------------------------------------------- Ask yourself if what you are doing today Will get you closer to where you want to be tomorrow. --------------------------------------------------------- You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. --------------------------------------------------------- Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. Cato the Elder --------------------------------------------------------- Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. Charles Caleb Colton --------------------------------------------------------- ... divide each difficulty into as many pieces as possible and as could be required to better solve them. Rene Descartes, Discourse in the Method --------------------------------------------------------- Too many people overvalue what they are not, And undervalue what they are. Malcom Forbes --------------------------------------------------------- Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. Benjamin Franklin --------------------------------------------------------- Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful. --------------------------------------------------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------- Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Confucius --------------------------------------------------------- There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave. Erdos --------------------------------------------------------- Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools talk because they have to say something. Plato --------------------------------------------------------- Everybody thinks of changing humanity. No one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy --------------------------------------------------------- A fool thinks himself to be wise, But a wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare --------------------------------------------------------- When all is said and done, weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure. --------------------------------------------------------- Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows. Unknown --------------------------------------------------------- Confidence comes not from always being right, But from not fearing to be wrong. --------------------------------------------------------- An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. Arab Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Bear in mind that Great Achievements and Great Love involve Great Risks. --------------------------------------------------------- The minute you settle for less than what you deserve, You get even less than what you settled for. --------------------------------------------------------- Drink nothing without seeing it; Sign nothing without reading it. Spanish Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. Benjamin Disraeli --------------------------------------------------------- First deserve, and then desire. English Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as To remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances. Thomas Jefferson --------------------------------------------------------- God gives nuts but he does not crack them. German Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Procrastination is like a credit card: It's a lot of fun until you get the bill. Christopher Parker --------------------------------------------------------- Go often to the house of a friend; For weeds soon choke up the unused path. Scandinavian Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Sure Linux is user friendly, It's just picky about who its friends are! --------------------------------------------------------- The greatest love is a mother's; Then comes a dog's; Then a sweetheart's. Polish Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I learn. Benjamin Franklin --------------------------------------------------------- He who respects his parents never dies. Greek Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. Spanish Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Successful people are very lucky. Ask any failure. --------------------------------------------------------- Never fear shadows.. They simply mean that there's light shining somewhere nearby Ruth E. Renkel --------------------------------------------------------- In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, In times of adversity not one in twenty. English Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Never give advice unless asked. German Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- A man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 30 has wasted 20 years of his life. Muhammad Ali --------------------------------------------------------- Shared joy is a double joy; Shared sorrow is half a sorrow. Swedish Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- No day in which you learn something is a complete loss. --------------------------------------------------------- While it is important to win, It's imperative to compete. Dave Weinbaum --------------------------------------------------------- Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Mother Teresa --------------------------------------------------------- We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it. French Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- When spiders unite they can tie down a lion. Ethiopian Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- A wise man has long ears and a short tongue. German Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. --------------------------------------------------------- A woman cries before the wedding and a man after. Polish Proverb --------------------------------------------------------- If your mind isn't open, Keep your mouth shut too. --------------------------------------------------------- Talk slowly but think quickly. --------------------------------------------------------- It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of our own ignorance. --------------------------------------------------------- Trust in God but lock your car. --------------------------------------------------------- Marriage is not a lottery. Coz, in lottery, you at least have a chance... --------------------------------------------------------- Work like you don't need the money Love like you've never been hurt Dance like nobody's watching --------------------------------------------------------- We don't stop laughing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop laughing. --------------------------------------------------------- A pessimist sees RED light wherever he goes. An optimist sees GREEN light wherever he goes. A wise man is colour blind. --------------------------------------------------------- Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye opener. --------------------------------------------------------- Borrow money from pessimists, they don't expect it back. --------------------------------------------------------- Only a life lived for others is a life worth while. Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------- Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------- Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------- Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------- Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Hellen Keller ---------------------------------------------------------
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