Thoughts 01DEC2010

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one - Elbert Hubbard
It is idle to dread what you cannot avoid - Publius Syrus
The rose is fairest when it is budding new, and hope is brightest when it dawns from fears - Walter Scott

Thoughts 30NOV2010

He that is down needs fear no fall - John Bunyan
Go back a little to leap further - John Clarke
We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do - Samuel Smiles

Thoughts 29NOV2010

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration - Evan Esar
Every artist was first an amateur - Ralph Waldo Emerson
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do - Epictetus

Thought 26NOV2010

YOU ARE YOU
You are strong ... When you take your grief and teach it to smile.
You are happy ... When you overcome our fear and help others do the same.
You are brave ... When you see a flower and are thankful for the blessing.
You are loving ... When your own pain does not blind you to the pain of others.
You are wise ... When you know the limits of your wisdom.
You are true ... When you admit there are time you fool yourself.
You are alive ... When tomorrow's hope means more to you than yesterday's mistake.
You are growing ... When you know what you are but not what you will become.
You are free ... When you are in control of yourself and do not with to control others.
You are honorable ... When you find your honor is to honor others.
You are generous ... When you can take as sweetly as you can give.
You are humble ... When you do not know how humble you are.
You are thoughtful ... When you see me just as I am and treat me just as you are.
You are merciful ... When you forgive in others the faults you condemn in yourself.
You are beautiful ... When you don't need a mirror to tell you.
You are rich ... When you never need more than what you have.
You are you ... When you are at peace with who you are not.
Source Unknown - Got this from Hanapiah Atan (CELCOM) who got it from Hamdan Ibrahim (CIMB) who got it from Hj Badruddin Hj Ishak (ex-CIMB)
Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time - Josh Billings

Thoughts 25NOV2010

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it - Albert Einstein
Wisdom, compassion and courage are the three universal recognised moral qualities of men - Confucius
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something - Plato

Thoughts 24NOV2010

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude - Thomas Jefferson
Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success - Napoleon Hill
It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid / Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes - Publius Syrus

Thoughts 23NOV2010

Our greatest glory consist not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall - Oliver Goldsmith
One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again - Henry Ford
Failure teaches success - Japanese Saying

Thoughts 22NOV2010

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen - Frank Loyd Wright
We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired to glory - Cicero
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out - Robert Collier

Thoughts 19NOV2010

They can because they think they can - Virgil
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will - Vince Lombardi
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well - Henry W. Longfellow

Thoughts 16NOV2010

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can - Thomas Carlyle
I failed my way to success - Thomas Edison
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed - Theodore Roosevelt

Thoughts 15NOV2010

The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows - Aristotle Onassis
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes - Earl of Beaconsfield
Impatience never commanded success - Edwin H. Chapin

Thought 12NOV2010

Success is sweet : the sweeter if long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats - A. Branson Alcott
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is : try to please everybody - Herbert Bayard Swope
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first - Shakespeare

Thought 11NOV2010

SUCCESS
The man who makes a success of an important venture never wails for the crowd. He strikes out for himself. It takes nerve, it takes a great lot of grit; but the man that succeeds has both. Anyone can fail. The public admires the man who has enough confidence in himself to take a chance. These chances are the main things after all. The man who tries to succeed must expect to be criticized. Nothing important was ever done but the greater number consulted previously doubted the possibility. Success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can't be done.
C. V. White
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way - Christopher Morley

Thought 10NOV2010

THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW
The day before tomorrow; Is a very special day; And I feel that I should live it; In a happy kind of way ...
Tomorrow's so mysterious; That I really can't foresee; The things that might be happening; And the way that life might be
But the Day After Tomorrow; That's quite a different thing ...; Those hours are so much closer; I can guess what they might bring ...; I'd rather be a sparrow; Or a lily of the field; And just wait till God's will for me; Is finally revealed ...
I'll put aside the grief's and cares; The trouble I won't borrow; And just be glad I'm living in; The Day Before Tomorrow !!!
Author : Jean Kyler McManus
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears and score your points when you get the opportunity. Enjoy the game! - Author Unknown

Thought 09NOV2010

The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference
Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself - Brian Tracy

Thought 08NOV2010

TEN PRINCIPLES FOR PEACE OF MIND (10 of 10)
[Do Not Procrastinate And Never Regret]
Do not waste time in protracted wondering " Should I or shouldn't I?" Days, weeks, months, and years may be wasted in that futile mental debating. You can never plan enough because you can never anticipate all future happenings. Value your time and do the things that need to be done. It does not matter if you fail the first time. You can learn from your mistakes and succeed the next time. Sitting back and worrying will lead to nothing. Learn from your mistakes, but do not brood over the past. Do not regret. Whatever happened was destined to happen only that way. Why cry over spilt milk?
Source Unknown : Got this from Hanapiah Atan who got it from Hamdan Ibrahim
Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other - Thomas Fuller

Thought 02NOV2010

TEN PRINCIPLES FOR PEACE OF MIND (9 of 10)
[Never Leave The Mind Vacant]
An empty mind is the devil's workshop. All evil actions start in the vacant mind. Keep your mind occupied in something positive, something worthwhile . Actively follow a hobby. Do something that holds your interest. You must decide what you value more : money or peace of mind. Your hobby, like social work or religious work, may not always earn you more money, but you will have a sense of fulfillment and achievement. Even when you are resting physically, occupy yourself in healthy reading or mental chanting of God's name.
Source Unknown : Got this from Hanapiah Atan who got it from Hamdan Ibrahim
Love is not how much you can get but how much you can give. It's not about giving up but holding on, not about how you say 'I love you', but how you show that it's true - Source Unknown