Saturday 10 September 2011

My Favorite Inspirational Quotes

              Today I have made a list of some of my favorite quotes which I have come across. All of
you would have read this before, atleast some, if not all. We all come across these quotes may be
while reading a book, in newspapers, on someone's facebook profile or the easiest of them - just
go to google and put famous quotes you will find them all. But I always ask myself a question what
do we make of these quotes? Are they just a great assemblance of words which comes out of
famous personalities? Are they to be taken as insipiration, something that should be learnt from
and followed? Or something which needs to be memorized and to be said during a conversation
and sound awesome in front of others?

For me personally if I have to choose one, then first quote on the the list is the favorite one. It is the
one of the most simplest and the most appropriate quote which I unfortunately have not been able
to follow and implement in my life even after having read and memorized the quote four years ago.

Meanwhile not all quotes are insipirational, not all of them needs to be followed or taken seriously.
For example- Once Socrates said (I dont know to whom): My advice to you is get married, if you
get a good wife you will be happy, if not you will become a philosopher. In this instance you cannot
marry someone just to see whether you will be happy or to see whether you can become a philosopher.

I remember another one and its by Napolean Bonaparte he quoted: Let China sleep, for its awake
lets nations tremble. Now what can you or me do about China sleeping or being awake? the answer
is nothing. So these sort of quotes are just to read and may be these belong to that category of -
memorize and mention during a conversation and sound awesome. But I am sure that we all are smart enough to choose which ones are to be taken as just another quote and which ones to be followed.

Read the list (random order) and see how many of them have you read before and what their influence on you been?

1) Time is one thing which you can neither control nor command, it can only be honored and respected.

2) When a donkey talks about donkeys, the prudent man listens.

3) All saints must be convicted until proven innocent.

4) Money is not everything. But make sure you have earned enough before you talk such nonsense- Warren  Buffett.

5) One who that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

6) Faith is for fools and simpletons. The wise man knows that facts and force are what that governs
 the world.

7) Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, commited citizens can change the world. Indeed, it
is the only thing  that ever has.

8) An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind- Mahatma Gandhi.

9) The power of love will overcome the love of power- Jimi Hendrix.

10) The only thing constant, is change.

11) "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

12) A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.

13) An unapparent connection is more powerful than the apparent one- Heraclitus

14) A stock broker is one who invests other people’s money until its all gone.” -Woody Allen

15) Give a fish to a man, he will eat for today. Teach him how to fish----

16) For many people in this world, God can appear to them only in form of bread- Mahatma Gandhi.

17) "Fortune sides with him who dares."

18) To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe." -Anatole France

19) "The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little." - William Jennings Bryan

20) "You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or
 the wind, but you can change yourself" - Jim Rohn


           So these are the some of my favorite inspirational quotes. You would have read the list by
now, so go ahead comment on what you thought about this post. Whether did any of the above
mentioned quotes change anything? atleast your thoughts? did it make a difference? I will come to
know only if you comment and if you let me know what you felt about it.






2 comments:

  1. When a donkey talks about donkeys, the prudent man listens... Among all the quotes this is the best one..

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  2. Balaji,

    Good one and keep going. Continue.

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