Quotes

chanayka quotes a man is great by deeds, not by birth. chanakya a person should not be too honest. straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first. chanakya as soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. chanakya 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. chanakya books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. chanakya education is the best friend. an educated person is respected everywhere. education beats the beauty and the youth. chanakya even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. chanakya god is not present in idols. your feelings are your god. the soul is your temple. chanakya never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. such friendships will never give you any happiness. chanakya 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. chanakya the biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. it will destroy you. chanakya the fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. but the goodness of a person spreads in all direction. chanakya the world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman. chanakya there is some self-interest behind every friendship. there is no friendship without self-interests. this is a bitter truth. chanakya 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. chanakya

whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits. chanakya time

time stays long enough for anyone who will use it. leonardo da vinci -------------------------------------------------------------------------------one realizes the full importance of time only when there is little left of it. every man's greatest capital asset is his unexpired years of productive life. p.w. litchfield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing. alexander woollcott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------time heals what reason cannot. seneca -------------------------------------------------------------------------------nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. auguste rodin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. hector berlioz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------don't say you don't have enough time. you have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to helen keller, pasteur, michaelangelo, mother teresa, leonardo da vinci, thomas jefferson, and albert einstein. h. jackson brown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------you will never find time for anything. if you want time you must make it. charles buxton

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------it is never too late to be what you might have been. george eliot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------it takes time to build a castle. irish proverb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------a minute now is better than a minute later. anonymous -------------------------------------------------------------------------------today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. anonymous -------------------------------------------------------------------------------one thing you can't recycle is wasted time. anonymous -------------------------------------------------------------------------------you may delay, but time will not. benjamin franklin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. will rogers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you. lisa alther -------------------------------------------------------------------------------time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. diogenes laetius --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

the value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ... michel de montaigne -------------------------------------------------------------------------------time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose. thomas edison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------we must use time as a tool, not as a crutch. john f. kennedy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------nothing is worth more than this day. goethe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------one today is worth two tomorrows. franklin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. they are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. if you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour. what will you do with this priceless treasure? author unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------don't be fooled by the calendar. there are only as many days in the year as you make use of. one man gets only a week's value out of a year while another man gets courage the stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. but they cannot supply courage itself. for this each man must look into his own soul. john f. kennedy

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------all our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them. walt disney -------------------------------------------------------------------------------a man full of courage is also full of faith. cicero -------------------------------------------------------------------------------courage is grace under pressure. ernest hemingway -------------------------------------------------------------------------------courage is the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others. winston churchill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------courage is resistance to fear; mastery of fear - not absence of fear. mark twain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------courage is almost a contradiction in terms. it means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. g. k. chesterton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------perfect courage is todo without witnesses what one would be capable of doing before all the world. la rochefoucauld -------------------------------------------------------------------------------we gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face ... we must do that which we think we cannot. roosevelt, eleanor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------the fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as

well as we can. robert cushing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------in order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. anonymous -------------------------------------------------------------------------------he who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. muhammad ali -------------------------------------------------------------------------------you can't test courage cautiously. anne dillard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------it is easy to be brave from a safe distance. aesop ---------------------------------------------------------------------ability men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities. napoleon bonaparte -------------------------------------------------------------------------------people are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there. bob edwards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits. casey stengel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. francis bacon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

malcolm s. forbes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest. gail hamilton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------it is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. elbert hubbard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------the creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. orison swett marden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. george bernard shaw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------they are able because they think they are able. virgil

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------the world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts. booker t. washington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------we all have ability. the difference is how we use it. stevie wonder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ability is a poor man's wealth. m. wren --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

what i need is someone who will make me do what i can. ralph waldo emerson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------if i accept you as you are, i will make you worse; however if i treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, i help you become that. johann wolfgang von goethe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------if we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. thomas edison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ability is what you're capable of doing. motivation determines what you do. attitude determines how well you do it. lou holtz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------our work is the presentation of our capabilities. goethe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------we judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. longfellow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. baltasar gracian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------you have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. rosalynn smith carter ability men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities. napoleon bonaparte -------------------------------------------------------------------------------people are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

bob edwards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits. casey stengel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. francis bacon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ability will never catch up with the demand for it. malcolm s. forbes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest. gail hamilton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------it is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. elbert hubbard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------the creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. orison swett marden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. george bernard shaw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------they are able because they think they are able. virgil

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------the world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or

woman is able to do that counts. booker t. washington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------we all have ability. the difference is how we use it. stevie wonder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ability is a poor man's wealth. m. wren -------------------------------------------------------------------------------what i need is someone who will make me do what i can. ralph waldo emerson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------if i accept you as you are, i will make you worse; however if i treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, i help you become that. johann wolfgang von goethe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------if we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. thomas edison -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ability is what you're capable of doing. motivation determines what you do. attitude determines how well you do it. lou holtz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------our work is the presentation of our capabilities. goethe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------we judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. longfellow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

baltasar gracian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------you have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. rosalynn smith carter---------i'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it. lyndon baines johnson a full year's value out of a week. charles richards

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------collected quotes from 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." "imagination is more important than knowledge." "gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." "i want to know god's thoughts; the rest are details." "the hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." "reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." "the only real valuable thing is intuition." "a person starts to live when he can live outside himself." "i am convinced that he (god) does not play dice." "god is subtle but he is not malicious." "weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." "i never think of the future. it comes soon enough." "the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility." "sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing." "science without religion is lame. religion without science is blind." "anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." "great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds." "everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." "common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." "science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it." "the secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." "the only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." "god does not care about our mathematical difficulties. he integrates empirically." "the whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking." "technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal." "peace cannot be kept by force. it can only be achieved by understanding." "the most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." "we can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." "education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." "the important thing is not to stop questioning. curiosity has its own reason for existing." "do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. i can assure you mine are still greater." "equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an

equation is something for eternity." "if a is a success in life, then a equals x plus y plus z. work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." "two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and i'm not sure about the the universe." "as far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." "whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." "i know not with what weapons world war iii will be fought, but world war iv will be fought with sticks and stones." "in order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep." "the fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead." "too many of us look upon americans as dollar chasers. this is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the americans themselves." "heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately i hate them!" "no, this trick won't work...how on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?" "my religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind." "yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. but to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. a mathematical equation stands forever." "the release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. if only i had known, i should have become a watchmaker." "great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. the latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." "the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. it is the source of all true art and all science. he to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." "a man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." "the further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge." "now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. that means nothing. people like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." "you see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. you pull his tail in new york and his head is meowing in los angeles. do you understand this? and radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. the only difference is that there is no cat." "one had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. this coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after i had passed the final examination, i found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year." "...one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. a finely tempered nature longs to escape from

the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought." "he who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. he has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. this disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. heroism at command, how violently i hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; i would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. it is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." "a human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. he experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. this delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." "not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." (sign hanging in einstein's office at princeton) copyright: kevin harris 1995 (may be freely distributed with this acknowledgement)