Quotes and Stories

Motivational, Inspirational quotes and short stories

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Friendship...

Friendship is like the breeze,
You can't hold it,
Smell it,Taste it,
Or know when it's coming,
But you can always feel it,
And you'll always know it's there,
It may come and then go,
But you can know it'll always be back.

No one can go back and make a brand new start.
But you can always start from now and make a brand new ending

Five simple rules to be happy

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less

some quotes 4 U..........

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and itseems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for anhour, and it seems like a minute.THAT'S relativity. - Albert Einstein

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working themoment you get up in the morning and does not stopuntil you get into the office. - Robert Frost

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's thereto appreciate it. - Franklin P. Jones

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explainthe success of those we don't like? - Jean Cocturan

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens inthe world everyday always just exactly fits thenewspaper.- Jerry Seinfeld

It matters not whether you win or lose; what mattersis whether I win or lose. - Darrin Weinberg

Life is pleasant.Death is peaceful.It's the transiti on that's troublesome.

Help a man when he is in trouble andhe will remember you when he is in trouble again.

Complex problems have simple,easy to understand wrong answers.

It is not exactly cheating,I prefer to consider it creative problem solving.

Behind every successful woman, is a man who issurprised.

Whoever said money can't buy happiness, didn't knowwhere to shop.

Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but then again,neither does milk.

Most people are only alive because it is illegal toshoot them.

Forgive your enemies but remember their names.

The number of people watching you is directlyproportional to the stupidity of your action.

Find A Way or Make A Way.......

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

What surprises you most about mankind?

God was once questioned: "What surprises you most about mankind?"

God answered:

"That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again, that they lose their health to make money, and then lose their money to restore their health, that by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future, that they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they had never lived..."

Monday, November 28, 2005

Power of Silence

Have you ever experienced a moment in your life when
you just ran out of words and you go... s i l e n t ....
Let me assist you in recalling...
.. the moment when you left your home for the first
time and you lo ok back at your parents who are worried
that their son/daughter are leaving them yet happy
that their child took the first step towards
independence.
... the moment when the girl/boy you like most..
smiled back at you!
You dont say anything.. you just smile back..
... the moment when you get better marks than you
expected... those "numb" moments of ecstacy n surprise
is that true?"...
... the moment when you are parting with your old
friend(s) and the train has just started... and you are
standing on the door of the wagon.. waving "bye-bye"
with your heart beating fast...
... the moment after the HR manager has just called
you and told you,"You are through! Congrats!"
... the moment when you sit a lone in your room after
having told everyone that you cleared that exam you
prepared for 6 months!!
You can go on remembering your "special" moments!
I had always wondered why I never said anything to
myself at those moments.. as if it was "understood"...
happiness, joy, pain.. all feelings just f lo wed ceaselessly
in the 'years' that passed in those flash moments!
They say.. the best way to communicate is through
"silence".
Love. Joy. Grief. Surprise. Anger. Hope. Expectations.
Support. Non-cooperation...
Can you imagine the importance of a silent moment in a
song??
When Bryan Adams stops for a while a long with music,
before he goes on in his husky voice...
... Please forgive me. I cant stop loving you!
Ever had those moments when you thought you were tired
enough that you reach for your bed after dinner.. but find
yourself wide awake looking at the roof of your room silently...
But you sure are 'thinking'... those moments of
self-talk are the most important in our lives. Those
moments when we listen to our own hearts! Those
promises... those decisions... those are the moments
when we make our destinies!
Next time you go silent... listen carefully to what
your heart is saying.. listen to its joy...listen to its pain..
listen to its fears.. listen to its desires..
Dont make it shut up and go off to sleep... LISTEN TO
THAT VOICE and ACCEPT EVERYTHING IT SAYS!
That voice a lone can lead you to the abode of peace that
your sleep lacks... peace that awaits you!
Be in touch with your true self... be silent once a
day, every day !
"The Deepest Feeling Shows Itself In complete Silence"

Moments in Life

>> There are moments in life when you miss someoneso much that you just want to pick them fromyour dreams and hug them for real!
>> When the door of happiness closes, another opens;but often times we look so long at theclosed door that we don't see the onewhich has been opened for us.
>> Don't go for looks; they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth; even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile,because it takes only a smile tomake a dark day seem bright.
>> Find the one that makes your heart smile.
Dream what you want to dream;go where you want to go;be what you want to be,because you have only one lifeand one chance to do all the thingsyou want to do.
>> The happiest of people don't necessarilyhave the best of everything;they just make the most ofeverything that comes along their way.The brightest future will alwaysbe based on a forgotten past;you can't go forward in life untilyou let go of your past failures and heartaches.
>> When you were born, you were cryingand everyone around you was smiling.Live your life so at the end,you're the one who is smiling and everyonearound you is crying.
Don't count the years--count the memories...........
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,but by the moments that take our breath away!

Work burden?

A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management.He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500gm."It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it.If I hold it for a minute, it is OK.If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm.If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance.It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.""If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier."
"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again."
We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.So, before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.Pick it up again later when you have rested.....Rest and relax.
Life is short, enjoy it!!

To those of you...

"To those of you, who laughed at me, thank you
Without you I wouldn't have cried.

To those of you who just couldn't love me, thank you.
Without you I wouldn't have known real love.

To those of you who hurt my feelings, thank you.
Without you I wouldn't have felt them.

To those of you who left me lonely, thank you.
Without you I wouldn't have discovered myself.

But it is to those of you who thought I couldn't do it;
It is you I thank the most, because without you I wouldn't have tried."

Hard work?


>Tom and Jerry joined a wholesale company together, just after graduation. Both worked very hard. After several years, the boss promoted Tom to Sales Executive but Jerry remained a sales rep.

>One day, Jerry could not take it anymore, tendered his resignation and complained to the boss that he did not value hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him.

>The boss knew that Jerry worked very hard over the years, but in order to help Jerry realise the difference between him and Tom, the boss asked Jerry to do the following. Go and find out if anyone is selling water melons in the market. Jerry returned and said yes. The boss asked how much per kg?
>Jerry went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss it was $12 per kg. Boss told Jerry, I will ask Tom the same question. Tom went out and on returning, reported to the boss:
"Only one person selling water melons. $12 per kg, $100 for 10kg, he has inventory for 340 melons. On the table 58 melons, every melon weighs about 15 kg, bought from the South two days ago, they are fresh and red, good quality."
>Jerry was very impressed and realised the difference between himself and Tom. He decided not to resign but to learn from Tom.

>A more successful person is more observant, thinks more and understands in-depth. For the same matter, a more successful person sees several years ahead, while the other see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, how could you win?

Why and what is in this blog?

We usually get lot of forwards from our friends with lots of good messages, we do keep the mails but when we want to read soemthing then we need to search for it, so I thought of putting all forwards which I am getting with good messages in to this blog.

So this blog might contain information or messages which may be in the other websites too, but this I maintain for my reference and to consolidate good messages so that any one can read.