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Harmonizing speech and action is the criterion for character building
-         Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

In a man deceives me once, shame on him;
If he deceives me twice, shame on me.
-         Arabic Proverb

Gratitude is a muscle that when exercised leaves us feeling much better about ourselves and others.
-         M.J.Ryan

If you focus on what you have, you will end up having more. If you focus on what you lack, you will never have enough. That is a guarantee.
-         Oprah Winfrey

Though life is made up of mere bubbles, its better than many ever. For while we've a whole lot of trouble, that most of them never occur.
-         Nixon Waterman

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question is a fool forever.
-         Chinese Proverb

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. It has to take care of everything.
-         Anon

Yesterday is a cancelled cheque. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is ready cash ' Use it.
-         Anon

These three things one must not talk of ' One must not talk in public of one's fame; One must not preach one's own name or power;  One must not talk of one's wealth or anything told confidentially.
-         Swami Vivekananda

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.
-         Ralph W Emerson

Better never trouble until trouble troubles you. For you only make trouble, double trouble you.
-         David Keppe

You have some kind words to say, say them now. Tomorrow may never com your way.
-         Edger Guest


(I thank all my friends for their comments to my previous posts…….)

During my college days (and before that too) I used to maintain a diary, not the one where we write about our daily activities, but one in which I used to write quotations that I liked very much. I found that diary recently and shall keep posting some good quotes from my written collection from time to time. The following quotes were written by me during the First Iraq war(1991). These quotes had appeared in Mid day (Mumbai edition.)

Quotes

Quotes on WAR

The only war I approved of was the Trojan War; it was fought over a woman and the men knew what they were fighting for.
-         William Lyon Phelps

He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safer for children to grow up in.
-         Ursuia K Le Guin

In time of war, the first casualty is truth.
-         Boake Carter

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
-         Mahatma Gandhi

The only way to win a war is to prevent it.
-         George C Marshal

Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace.
-         Adolf Hitler

War makes rattling good history, but peace is poor reading.
-         Thomas Hardy

Enemy Advances, we retreat.
Enemy halts, we harass.
Enemy tires, we attack.
Enemy retreats, we pursue.
-         Mao Tse-Tung

Either man is obsolete or war is.
-         Buckminister Fuller

There's a consensus out that its ok to kill when your government decides whom to kill. If you kill inside the country you get in trouble. If you kill outside the country right time, right season, latest enemy, you get a medal.
-         Joan Baez

There is only one winner in war ' death and destruction; and only one loser ' peace.
-         Rajesh B Vora

(ok ok . The last one was not taken from mid-day that's my own creation .)

Note: one more Blog posted by me this morning. U'll find it below this. In case u don't, then click on today's date (27.7.2006) on the Archives. That Blog will show up below this. It will be visible only to logged in members.

All these quotes are an antidote to the feel good quotes by isha.
I had promised to write a quote on suggestions to improve iland - this post is an interim post till i complete it.

I say no to drugs, they just don’t listen.

A friend in need is a pest indeed.

Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.

Work is fine if it doesn’t take too much of your time.

When everything comes in your way you’re in the wrong lane.

The light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train.

Born free, taxed to death.

Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don’t have film.

Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first.

Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you’ll have trouble
putting on your pants.

It’s not hard to meet expenses, they are everywhere.

I love being a writer… what I can’t stand is the paperwork.

A printer consists of 3 main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray
and the blinking red light.

The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who
invented the other three, he was the genius.

The trouble with being punctual is that no one is there to appreciate
it.

In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills?

If you cannot change your mind, are you sure you have one?

Beat the 5 O’clock rush, leave work at noon!

If you can’t convince them, confuse them.

It’s not the fall that kills you. It’s the sudden stop at the end.

I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

Hot glass looks same as cold glass. - Cunino’s Law of Burnt Fingers

The cigarette does the smoking you are just the sucker.

Someday is not a day of the week.

What Lies before us and what lies beyond us is tiny
compared to what lies within us.

When you reach the end of your rope,
tie a knot in it and hang on.

Only those who can dare to fail greatly
can achieve greatly.

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart.
Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.

Resistance drains energy.
Acceptance saves it.
Cheerfulness sustains it.

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.

Friendship with one’s self is all important,
because without it one cannot be friends with
anyone else in the World.

Life isn’t about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.