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QUOTATIONS AND SIGNATURES :

Everywhere I see a good quote or a signature, I make a note of it. I have this habit since the past few years now, and have accumulated quiet many. It is not possible to list the hundreds which I have but here are a few which are the best. Keep checkin' in cause this page might be added to periodically or updated. All here are really picked but the ones in bold are the best of the best of the best.

1. Television can give us so much except the time to think.
2. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
3. You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him to find it within himself. -Galileo.
4. Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. -Aldous Huxley.
5. A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be. - A. Lincoln.
6. Co-operation is doing with a smile what you have to do anyway.
7. Life will pay any price you ask of it. Don't approach the ocean with a teaspoon.-Anon
8. There's nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. - W. Shakespeare.
9. Change your thoughts & you change your world. - Norman Vincent P.
10. Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated, You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. - D.L. George.
11. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
12. Well done is better than well said.
13. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
14. Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path & leave a trail
15. The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunities when they come.
16. Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.
17. Inside every problem are the seeds of solution.
18. Success is a journey, not a destination.
19. Life is 20% what happens to you & 80% how you react to it.
20. Be complete within yourself. Don't use your relationships to fulfil your expectations.
21. Stop worrying about the potholes in the road & celebrate the journey.
22. Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make it yourself.
23. All you need in life is ignorance & confidence & then success is sure.
24. Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.
25. Ideas are worthless unless followed by action.
26. Even a right decision is wrong if it's made too late.
27. A perfect man is never changed by the conditions, but he changes the conditions suitable to him.
28. Work banishes those three great evils - Boredom, Vice & Poverty.
29. It takes years to build a reputation & only minutes to ruin it. - W. Buffet.
30. The wise man has long ears, big eyes & a short tongue.
31. Times will change for the better when you change. - Gyan C. Jain.
32. No one can make you unhappy without your consent.
33. When you encourage others, you encourage yourself.
34. Lay the firm foundation with the bricks which others throw at you.
35. It is not enough just to aim. You must hit.
36. Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.
37. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist finds opportunity in every difficulty.
38. The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
39. Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
40. Substitute your worry with your work & see the miracle happen.
41. No man is a complete failure until he begins disliking men who succeed.
42. Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself, but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.
43. In life, you sometimes have to take a step back to be able to gain the momentum to leap further ahead.
44. Whether you are right or wrong, you will always find people who disagree with you.
45. Achieving part of your dream now is better than achieving no part of it at all in the hope that some day, the whole dream may come true.
46. Don't get so caught up in small things that you can never accomplish anything big.
47. Spend your time in pushing yourself up, not in pulling others down.
48. We all make mistakes. But it is in trying to justify them that we miss out on the lessons they carry for us.
49. Optimism is like a vitamin to all you attempts at success. Make sure you have your daily dose.
50. Nothing is as bad as it first seems.
51. People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do.
52. Challenges can be stepping stones or stumbling blocks. It's just a matter of how you view them.
53. Character, reputation & trust are easier to keep than to recover.
54. There are two kinds of people who don't say much - those who are quiet, & those who talk too much.
55. Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others.
56. Enthusiasm finds the oppurtunities, & energy makes the most of them.
57. Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
58. Take interest in the future - that's where you are going to spend the rest of your life.
59. New ideas rarely germinate with someone who is scared of being wrong.
60. An error becomes a mistake only when you refuse to correct it.
61. There are three things that can never be retrieved - the spoken word, time past & the neglected opportunity.
62. A pessimist is one who absorbs sunshine & radiates gloom.
63. If your life is free of failures, you are not taking enough risks.
64. Success is 10% inspiration & 90% perspiration.
65. Success is the ability to get along with people & ahead of others.
66. Trouble is usually produced by people who do not produce anything else.
67. Visions of the future are better than dreams of the past.
68. Don't waste time learning 'tricks of the trade'. Instead, learn the trade.
69. Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
70. Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.
71. To the optimist, all the doors have handles and hinges. To the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
72. Success is sweet, but it's secret is sweat.
73. Peace of mind will be yours if you do not resist it.
74. They will win who believe they can.
75. If you want to reach heaven, you have to die first.
76. Going by other people's definitions of success is like eating food someone else has chewed.
77. Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion.
78. A man is valued according to his own estimate of himself.
79. He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
80. If you love the good that you see in another, make it your own.
81. Complex tasks sometimes require thinking in simple terms.
82. A quitter never wins & a winner never quits.
83. Minds & parachutes work only when they are open.
84. A winner is a part of solution, a loser is a part of problems.
85. The best way to make your dream come true is to wake up.
86. One of the greatest pleasures in life is doing the things that others say you cannot do.
87. You could do great things if you weren't so busy doing little things.
88. You can achieve anything you want - if you help enough people get what they want.
89. It all depends on how you look at things & not on how they are.
90. The difference between ordinary & extraordinary is that little 'extra'.
91. What you want to be is more important than what you are.
92. Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
93. Don't waste time worrying about future difficulties - they may never come.
94. The key to leadership is to accept responsibility.
95. People blame circumstances for what they are. To be successful, look for the circumstances you want. If you cannot find them, make them.
96. You will please people more by listening to them, than by talking to them. A good listener is a silent flatterer.
97. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognise them.
98. Great minds discuss ideas; mediocre minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
99. The intensity of your desire determines the speed of your success.
100. Unless you are prepared to take risks, you will do nothing, have nothing & be nothing.
101. Always behave like a duck - Stay calm & unruffled on the surface, but paddle like the devil underneath.
102. Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. - Peter T. Mcintyre.
103. The ability to know how to get information is more important than using the mind as a garage for facts. - David Schwartz
104. Being fixated on the past or satisfied with the comforts of today deprives you of visions for tomorrow. - Kim Woo Choong
105. Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people. -George Bernard Shaw, on 'Progress'

BOOKS :

According to a survey conducted in the United States, only 10% of people actually buy a book and read after graduating. According to many successful people, reading is something that is a continuous process, never to be stopped in life. I guess the brain rusts if one stops reading. I am an avid reader. I just love to read. It helps in every situation. This is one thing that really gets my spirits high (of course, thats cause I don't read depressing or boring novels - no offense to those who do, it's good for you if you like it). There are a lot of great books and I keep coming across some useful and good ones all the time. Here some real good ones that I have come across till date, and boy, they have really made a big difference to me and helped me in my thinking.

1. The Magic Of Thinking BIG :
   Author : David J. Schwartz
   In life, normally all of us are very 'kanjoos'(stingy) in our thinking of ourselves. We all think very little and underestimate ourselves. If you are among those people, grab this book & read it. It's an incredible book which actually says that it doesn't cost any more to think big than to think little. Thinking BIG helps you get BIG Results - is what this books talks about & shows us how.

2. The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People :
   Author : Stephen R. Covey
   This is a great book about change - personal & other types. It basically tells us about having a principle centered approach for solving personal & professional problems. The author reveals a step by step pathway for living principles that give us the security to adapt to change, & how to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates. Very Inspiring. It actually changed my perspective and the way I think.

3. Think And Grow Rich :
   Author : Napoleon Hill
   I'm sure you've heard of him, he's written many wonderful books and he says "Whatever the mind of man can conceive & believe, it can achieve." This book contains many money-making secrets that can change your life ( Disclaimer : I don't mean money-making secrets for those who are looking for making money the quick & effortless way - he doesn't talk about how to get a perfect lottery or something like that ). The book has some simple basic techniques, which if we all would truly apply, we will master the secret of true & lasting success.

4. Don't Sweat The Small Stuff...and it's all small stuff :
   Author : Richard Carlson
   This author is simply fabulous. You know, many of us let even petty little itsy-bitsy matters in our life take toll of our brains & it affects everything we do. So, the author says don't sweat it, it's all small stuff. It basically talks about simple ways to keep the little things from taking over your life. There are a lot more books in this series by the author which I want to get my hands on.

5. Awaken The Giant Within :
   Author : Anthony Robbins
   All of us have a giant inside us who can take us wherever we desire to go in life. The only problem is that the giant is sleeping. So, wake up that giant !! Read this Book ! Wake Up and take control of your life ! This book tells us how to control our destiny instead of having our destiny control us. (Give me a break guys, I don't mean anything to do with spiritual stuff - for those who thought about it)

6. Faith Is The Answer :
   Author : Norman Vincent Peale
   You guessed it - he's the author of the all time famous, still sought after book 'The Power Of Positive Thinking'. For any big task in life, faith plays a major role cause if we don't have it, rarely can we face any challenges - Right ?? This book puts light on the power of Faith & shows how we can use the big F (I mean FAITH, no pun intended !!!) to tackle the big C's (Challenge's) in life.

7. Rich Dad, Poor Dad :
   Author : Robert T. Kiyosaki
   He teaches people to be millionaires...that's why they call him the millionaire school teacher. He believes that the teaching system everywhere in the world teaches everything except the most important thing which can determine a child's future - and that is lessons in financial intelligence. His real dad was his poor dad who, like many others, used to tell him to study hard, get good grades and get a good job, and that will give him freedom in life. His rich dad, which was his best friends dad, was poor initially, but turned out to be eventually one of the wealthiest men in his town. The Rich Dad taught him that if he's gotta be successful in life, he has to get out of the RAT RACE and own his own business - which the author worked towards successfully after getting to learn about financial intelligence from his rich dad. The same lessons have been passed on in this book. The author also explains the important aspects of assets & liabilities and patterns of cash flow which is a must for everyone to understand. This book is truly a boon if you want to understand how to get out of the Rat Race.
   
   
   You know, I can keep going on and on about good books cause there are many and I personally come across a new one very often. But these are a few of my favourites. I can only say that just reading good books does not suffice unless we apply the principles stated in them in our everyday lives. Do let me know if you need any one of them and I would love to get your opinions also. You can mail me at amitj6@yahoo.com.