Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Nov 25, 2008 19:24:04 GMT -5
SENSIBLE QUOTES
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
-- Jack Welch
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
-Walter Bagehot
When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
-Shunryu Suzuki
Weep before God--laugh before people. - Yiddish proverb
"It's not what happens to you in life that counts; it's how you take it, and what you make of it." -- Denis Waitley
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. - W. Clement Stone
Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts--only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people tend to be satisfied by what you do.
--Raquel Welch
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth..."
— C.S. Lewis
~Be thankful~
Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don't know something,
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations,
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge,
Because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes.
They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you're tired and weary,
Because it means you've made a difference.
It's easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who
Are also thankful for the setbacks.
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,
And they can become your blessings.
Author Unknown
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
-- Jack Welch
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
-Walter Bagehot
When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
-Shunryu Suzuki
Weep before God--laugh before people. - Yiddish proverb
"It's not what happens to you in life that counts; it's how you take it, and what you make of it." -- Denis Waitley
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. - W. Clement Stone
Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts--only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people tend to be satisfied by what you do.
--Raquel Welch
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth..."
— C.S. Lewis
~Be thankful~
Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don't know something,
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations,
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge,
Because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes.
They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you're tired and weary,
Because it means you've made a difference.
It's easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who
Are also thankful for the setbacks.
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,
And they can become your blessings.
Author Unknown