Thoughts 23DEC2011

No man is free who is not master of himself - Epictetus
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny - David O McKay
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him - Louis L Mann
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better - Anonymous

Thoughts 22DEC2011

As long as you live, keep learning how to live - Seneca
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date - Anonymous
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today - English Proverb
No one is perfect ... that’s why pencils have erasers - Author Unknown

Thoughts 21DEC2011

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be - Thomas a Kempis
Nothing endures but change - Heraclitus
You really can change the world if you care enough - Marion Wright Edelman
A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect - Chinese Proverb

Apai's "Merisik & Bertunang" to Aliaa Aqilah

Aliaa Aqilah's Residence, Seksyen 8, Shah Alam
Saturday 17th December 2011

Apai & Aliaa : after the 'bertunang' With Hadi and Yameen (friends since London)

Apai's parents : Me and Prof Dr Hajah Dean Noormala

Aliaa's parents & sister : Haji Abu Bakar & Hajah Rohayah

After the 'sarong cincin'

"Mother-Out-Law" to beProf Dr Hajah Dean Mala "menyarung cincin pertunangan" Hadi & Yameen (pengantin lama)

The "buah tangan" and the "balasan buah tangan"

Next ?!?!?!?

The Spokeperson (Haji Zainal Abidin Saidun) and Me

Part of our entourage

Atuk "Dato' Haji Amir Ishak" and his cucus

Three siblings : Noor Roslinda, Noor Akmar & Noormala

The siblings : Apai, Ang, Yameen & Amel

Thoughts 20DEC2011

One cannot think crooked and walk straight - Anonymous
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart - Christy Borgeld
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated - Ernest Hemingway
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God - German Proverb

Thoughts 19DEC2011

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises - Demosthenes
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself - Soren Kierkegaard
A man of courage is also full of faith - Cicero
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change - Brian Tracy

Thoughts 16DEC2011

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment - Jim Rohn
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends - Czech Proverb
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out - Walter Winchell
The miracle is this – the more we share, the more we have - Leonard Nimoy, American Actor, Director and Writer

Thoughts 15DEC2011

Never, never, never give up - Winston Churchill
He who lives without discipline dies without honor - Icelandic Proverb
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy - Bill Blackman
The way to succeed is to double your error rate - Thomas J. Watson

Thoughts 14DEC2011

The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole - Anonymous
There is no luck except where there is discipline - Irish Proverb
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe - Anatole France
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on - Franklin D Roosevelt

Thoughts 13DEC2011

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly - Robert Schuller
He who seeks rest finds boredom ... He who seeks work finds rest - Anonymous
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gold cannot be pure and people cannot be perfect - Chinese Proverb

Thoughts 12DEC2011

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it - Henry David Thoreau
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you - Rodney Dangerfield
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love - David McCullough
Friendship is not born of words alone - Armenian Proverb

Thoughts 09DEC2011

When you feel "dog tired" at night, it may be because you growled all day - Anonymous
Anger is a bad adviser - French Proverb
The best remedy for anger is delay - Brigham Young
Love understands all languages - Romanian Proverb

Thoughts 08DEC2011

It is possible to fail in many ways ... while to succeed is possible only in one way - Aristotle
May you live all the days of your life - Jonathan Swift
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power - Anonymous
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams - Anonymous

Thoughts 07DEC2011

All work is empty save when there is love - Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American Writer
Speak when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret - Laurence J Peter
Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were - Cherie Carter-Scott
We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Thoughts 06DEC2011

The grand essentials of happiness are : something to do, something to love, and something to hope for - Allan K. Chalmers
The purpose of life is not to be happy – but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all - Leo Rosten, American Teacher and Humorist
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people - Anonymous

Thoughts 05DEC2011

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me - Carol Burnett
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best motivation always comes from within - Michael Johnson
No fate is worse than a life without a love - Mexican Proverb

Thoughts 02DEC2011

The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others - Ghandi
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves - Helen Keller
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away - Persian Proverb