Thoughts 01AUG2011

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they may have planned for you? Not much - Jim Rohn
Don't limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded - Charles Schwab
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of your life is this : decide what you want - Ben Stein

Thoughts 26JUL2011

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born - Dale E Turner
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly - Mabel
Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory - George S Patton

Thoughts 15JUL2011

Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me can be summarised in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage and constancy; and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably - Walt Disney
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe - Anatole France
The best way to predict the future is to create it ! - Jason Kaufman

Thoughts 14JUL2011

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live - Jim Rohn
If wrinkles must be written upon our brow, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old - James A Garfield
The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced - Art Van Der Leeuw

Thoughts 13JUL2011

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome - William James
We all need a daily check up from the neck up to avoid stinkin 'thinkin' which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes - Zig Ziglar
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd : "a little bit more". They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more - A Lou Vickery

Thoughts 12JUL2011

Let your life mean something. Become an inspiration to others so that they may try to do more and to become more than they are today - Thomas D Willhite
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him - Epictetus
Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory - Betty Smith

Thoughts 11JUL2011

Unity is equal to a thousand golden coins - Kashmiri Proverb
Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink - Shunryu Suzuki
The light heart lives long - Irish Proverb
The palest ink is better that the best memory - Chinese Proverb

Thoughts 08JUL2011

The right man comes at the right time - Italian Proverb
The truth is not always what we want to hear - Yiddish Proverb
To be rich is not everything, but it certainly helps - Yiddish Proverb
To lend is to buy a quarrel - Indian Proverb

Thoughts 07JUL2011

Three diseases without shame : love, itch and thirst - Irish Proverb
To teach is to learn - Japanese Proverb
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week - Spanish Proverb
Truth is the safest lie - Jewish Proverb

Thoughts 06JUL2011

What breaks in a moment may take years to mend - Swedish proverb
Where there is love there is pain - Spanish Proverb
Who knows most speaks least - Spanish Proverb
Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another - Italian Proverb

Thoughts 05JUL2011

Evil is sooner believed than good - Proverb of Unknown Origin
Fortune is blind, but not invisible - French Proverb
All men dream but those who dream by night waken in the mornings to find their dreams have vanished. But the ones who dream by day are the really dangerous men for they work to fulfill and make their dream come true - Source Unknown (got this from Associate Professor Dr Abd Samad Nawi of FBM, UiTM)

Thoughts 04JUL2011

Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight - English Proverb
How many will listen to the truth when you tell them? - Yiddish Proverb
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people - Chinese Proverb
If you believe everything you read, better not read - Japanese proverb