Feb 1998

· Professionalism demands we operate with MBO and MBR - MS

July 1998

· We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about – Chalres Kingsley (RD July 98)

3.11.99

· "If a man hasn't discovered something that he would die for, he isn't fit to live."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

23.4.00

· Responsibility shared is responsibility doubled…e.g. for a child at home. - MS

· There’s nothing like the gleam of humour to reassure you that a fellow human being is ticking inside a strange face. – Eva Hoffman (RD May 00)

30.5.00

· Change that you want to cause yourself is more acceptable than change somebody else wants. => If you become the cause for a change rather than basing it on something/somebody else (true leader absorbs change into new meaning), it is far simpler than change.

28.6.00

· The one who records data is the one who learns - MS

· If I want my team to work with resources I define, I must teach them how to succeed. Else I should take resource requirements from the team (if I’m not able to teach). - MS I could also point to sources of learning if I’m not able to teach.

30.6.00

· The reason for management is to make reasonable exceptions to the general rule – Dick Storch

· What our life/we become is 10% because of what happens to us, and 90% because of our responses. – AIR FM

15.1.02

· If you don’t start with questions, you won’t end with answers – MS.

· Excellence can be attained if you.....

* Care more than others think is wise

* Risk more than others think is safe

* Dream more than others think is practical

* Expect more than others think is possible

28.2.02

· Growth is a present continuous participle – it means doing something now so that tomorrow I am able to do, what I am not able to do today. – MS.

08.11.03

Get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding

Jewish proverb

From rd-india.com on 09.11.03

Only when a tree has fallen can you take the measure of it. It is the same with a man. -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. -- Noel Coward

What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of living high. -- Doug Larson

No man was ever wise by chance. -- Seneca

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. -- St. Augustine

He who praises everybody praises nobody. -- Samuel Johnson

One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist
except in our imaginations. -- Steve Allen

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin
anyway and see it through no matter what. -- Harper Lee

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. -- Steven Wright

Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. -- Mildred Barthel

The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body. -- Patrick J. Buchanan

Just remember, when you're over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.-- Charles Schulz

Other things may change us, but we start and end with family. -- Anthony Brandt

Summer ends and autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night. -- Hal Borland

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it. -- Knute K.
Rockne

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and
reflect. -- Mark Twain

The safest road to hell is the gradual one the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. -- C.S. Lewis

Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. -- Carl Sandburg

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. -- Margaret Thatcher

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong
to be broken. -- Samuel Johnson

It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game
even starts. -- Addison Walker

Question authority, but raise your hand first. -- Bob Thaves

It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at
night it is another thing. -- Ernest Hemingway

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Fall in with it and turn it your way. -- Robert Frost

Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment. -- Iara Gassen

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our
blessings. -- Eric Hoffer

You're never too old to grow up. -- Shirley Conran

A country free enough to examine its own conscience is a land worth living in, a nation to be envied. -- Prince Charles

The pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. -- D.H. Lawrence

All things are possible until they are proved impossible -- and even the
impossible may only be so, as of now. -- Pearl S. Buck

The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of
new frontiers. -- Arthur Koestler

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill

From RD May 02

“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision something you can do it.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger +++

“You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” – Robin Williams ++

“When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.” – Nicole Kidman ++

“A great marriage is not when the “perfect couple” comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.” – Dave Meurer ++++

“The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.” – Ben Stein +++

“If you start off being afraid of failure, you will end up also fearing success because then you will have something to lose.” – Luis Spoya ++++

“Be brief in your reasonings; long windedness pleases no one.” – Miguel de Cervantes ++

“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.” – Milan Kundera +++++

(The ‘+’ ratings are just the way I felt about them, on a scale of 5, for originality, expression, and value.)

The value of an idea lies in the using of it. - Thomas Alva Edison

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. – Henry David Thoreau

From RD Oct 01

The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but its also the first to be replaced. – Marilyn Von Savant

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away. – Tom Brokaw

I listen to critics because often they’re a good source of information for what you have to do differently. – John Chambers

Flowers and plants are silent presences; they nourish every sense except the ear. – May Sarton

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You fully appreciate where you have been only when you return. – MS

*If it makes you happy,

it can't be that bad...

If it makes you happy,

then why the hell are you so sad?*

Video killed the radio star.

True integrity is doing the right thing even if no one will know -

RD April 2004

A happy heart comes first, then the happy face. – Shania Twain

You’ll never have any mental muscle if you don’t have nay heavy stuff to pick up. – Diane Lane

Hindsight: Its like foresight without a future. – Kevin Kline

If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life. - Cher

The only easy day was yesterday. – Clint Black

RD July 2004

The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings. – Dave Weinbaum

The true friend is the that’s coming in the door while everyone else is going out. – Dr.Phil McGraw

I don’t believe in stars. Except the ones you can look up and see. – Loretta Lynn

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth. – Pablo Picasso

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider... Francis Bacon

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. --Charles W. Eliot

One who attempts to teach on the mere basis of reference, is an instructor.
One who combines the referential knowledge with his logic and tries sincerely to experience the ultimate and teaches only what he has experienced is a teacher or Acharya.
But, a Guru is one who has the absolute experience of truth and hence, complete knowledge

Where is the life we have lost in living?

Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?

Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

— T.S. Eliot 1934

Shoot for the moon...even if you miss, you'll be among the stars.

*The less I seek my source for some definitive...the closer I am to fine.*

[RD October 2004]

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. – Seneca ****

A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey. – Dolly Parton ***

If the same man deceives you twice, then maybe you deserve it. – Carlos Martinez Vazquez ***

Wrinkles only go where the smiles have been. – Jimmy Buffett ****

Ask people about the people and places that shaped them, and summer springs up quickly when they tell their story; their first kiss, first beer, first job that changed everything. – Nancy Gibbs ****

Its not truth that loses us; it is the way of telling it. – Voltaire ****

Its no use looking up to heaven with too much faith and too little struggle. – Gabriel O. Pensador ****

Cupid’s Arrow

“A guy knows he’s in love when he loses interest in his car for a couple of days.” – Tim Allen

“When I eventually met Mr.Right, I had no idea that his first name was Always.” – Rita Rudner

“Women don’t want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think, in a deeper voice.” – Bill Cosby

“The quickest way to a man’s heart is through his chest.” – Roseanne Barr

“I always wanted to be the last guy on earth, just to see if all those women were lying to me.” – Ronnie Shakes

“A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor

Financial Genius

“A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don’t need it.” – Bob Hope

“Money won’t buy friends, but you get a better class of enemy.” – Spike Milligan

Unfathomable

“Imagine if there were no hypothetical situations.” – John Mendonza

“I don’t consider myself bald. I’m simply taller than my hair.” – Thom Sharp

Wisdumb

“We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.” – Robert Wilensky

“Its so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.” – Sam Levenson

It’s a Zoo

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend; inside of a dog, its too dark to read.” – Groucho Marx

“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.” – Lily Tomlin

“Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him for the entire weekend.” – Zenna Schaffler

Deadly Serious

“Its not that I’m afraid to die; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen

Miss Manners

“If you haven’t got anything good to say about anyone, come and sit by me.” – Alice Roosevelt Longworth

“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.” – Dorothy Parker

Women on the Edge

“I have my standards. They may be low, but I have them.” – Bette Midler

“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.” – Mae West

“Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.” – Ava Gardner

“I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time.” – Marilyn Monroe

Men on the Edge

“I just recently had my Visa card stolen. Now its everywhere I want to be.” – Scott Wood

“A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.” – H.L.Mencken

“I drink to make other people interesting.” – George Jean Nathan

Speed Traps

“Have you noticed that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?” – George Carlin

“Instant gratification takes too long.” – Carrie Fisher

“Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?” – Robin Williams

Health Nuts

“I told my doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.” – Henny Youngman

“You know why fish are so thin? They eat fish.” – Jerry seinfield

“Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance?” – Phyllis Diller

Fashion Plates

“Men who have pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewellery.” – Rita Rudner

“If God meant us to be naked, he would have made our skin fit better.” – Maureen Murphy

Highly Questionable

“If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?” – Vince Lombardi

“What’s another word for thesaurus?” – Steven Wright

In Sum

“I really didn’t say everything I said.” – Yogi Berra

The responsibiliy of tolerance lies in those who have wider vision.
- George Eliot

"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice." -- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-87), American clergyman

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live." -Marcus Aelius Aurelius (121-180 AD), Roman emperor, philosopher 

"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning." - George Baker (1877-1965)

"From quiet homes and first beginning,

Out to the undiscovered ends,

There's nothing worth the wear of winning,

But laughter and the love of friends."

-- Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), French-born British writer

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."

-Douglas Noel Adams (b. 1952), British author 

"The young always have the same problem- how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another."

-George Chapman (c.1559-1634), playwright 

"In my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you also understand the most amusing."
-- Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, prime minister, author

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

-- Harry Emerson Fosdick

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

-- Bruce Barton

To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.

-- Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.

-- May Sarton

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

-- Pierre Corneille, 'The Cid,' 1636

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

-- Henry David Thoreau

The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

-- Mary Catherine Bateson

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. And that too is a deed.

-- Etty Hillesum

The best use of one’s life is to spend it in creating something that will outlast it. – Anon.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

-- Mark Twain

Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.

-- Thomas Fuller

Love isn't a decision. It's a feeling. If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simpler, but much less magical.

-- Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Chef Aid, 1998

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.

-- Joseph Conrad

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands upon himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

-- Jose Ortega y Gasset

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

-- Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, 1952

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.

-- Anne-Sophie Swetchine, The Writings of Madame Swetchine, 1869

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

-- Jonathan Swift

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

-- Erica Jong, Fear of Flying, 1973

They can conquer who believe they can.

-- Virgil

Never give advice unless asked.

-- German Proverb

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

-- Booker T. Washington

Simplicity is the peak of civilization.

-- Jessie Sampter

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.

-- Jawaharlal Nehru

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

-- Thomas a Kempis

And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama.

-- Real Live Preacher, reallivepreacher.com weblog, September 4, 2003

If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.

-- Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998

Perfection is a road, not a destination. Every time I live, I get an education.

-- Burk Hudson

I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember.

-- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Do The Right Thing, 1992

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

-- Jane Austen

One must not lose desires. They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love and to long life.

-- Alexander A. Bogomoletz

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

-- Mother Teresa

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.

-- John F. Kennedy

I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty...This is my highest and best use as a human.

-- Ben Stein, E! Online, 12-20-03

It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not.

-- James Gordon, M.D.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

-- G. K. Chesterton

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

-- Ernest Hemingway

If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?

-- Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity, 2002

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

-- Euripides

Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.

-- Jean Paul Richter

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

-- Brendan Gill

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.

-- Aung San Suu Kyi

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.

-- Maxine Waters, in Brian Lanker, I Dream a World, 1989

Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.

-- Samuel Johnson

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

-- Tallulah Bankhead

Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by.

-- Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

RD-Jan 05

True giving happens when we give from our heart. – Muhammad Ali

If people convinced themselves that today is the most important of days, they’d have a greater chance of being happy. – Ana Maria Braga

If you’re lucky enough to do well, it’s your responsibility to send the elevator back down. – Quoted by Kevin Spacey

You have to be first, different, or great. If you’re one of them, you may make it. – Loretta Lynn

Every photograph seems to portray greater happiness than the real moment when it was taken. – Bianca Ramoneda

A learned man’s knowledge will be of no avail to him if he does not have control of his tongue. – Kabir

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. – Thomas Dewar

Frankness does not consist of saying everything you think, but of thinking everything you say. – Hypolite de Livry

The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds. – Jawaharlal Nehru

“Good conversations are like flowering plants… need to be seeded and tended to…” - MS