My small booklet

Hi there,

I carry a small booklet with me, almost all the times. My booklet has some quotes of men like Shakespeare, Confucius, Cicero, G.B. Shaw and others. Whenever troughs of life overwhelm me, I draw a lot of positive energy reading this booklet. In this post, I am glad to share its contents with the readers of this blog.

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.

To be worn out is to be renewed.

If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.

Luv,

Vijay