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501. The smell of flowers goes only with the wind, but the fame of good men goes even against the wind.__Buddha

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502. By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever.

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503. One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.

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504. Let us try to unite our thoughts with words and words with actions in being and doing good.__Swami Sivananda

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505. That which is seen is false; that which is heard is false; that which is thoroughly investigated is true.

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506. No mother or father or any other relative can do oneself a greater good than what his own well-directed mind can.

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507. At the hour of death what matters is what you have done, not what you had planned to do.__Don Bosco

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508. Every great and commanding movement, in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.

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509. The secret of joy is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.-Pearl Buck

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510. The only way to avoid mistakes is to gain experience. The best way to gain experience is to be prepared for mistakes.

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511. The generous can indeed forget that they have given but the greateful can never forget that they have received.

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512. The art of progress is to preserve order amidst change and to preserve change amidst order.__A.N. Whitehead

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513. The greater discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

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514. Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practise it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown.

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515. Motto of progressive society: "Not blind opposition to progress, but opposition to blind progress."

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516. Mankind is divided into three classes: Those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

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517. It is far easier to criticise and find fault. But just see the effect of a pat on the back. It makes all the difference.

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518. We want infinite energy, infinite zeal, infinite courage, and infinite patience, then only will great things be achieved.

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519. Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.__William Shakespeare

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520. Peace begins with a smile.__Mother Theresa

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Good Sayings-25

481. Service without humility is selfishness and egotism.

482. Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.__ Horace

483. Just remember - when you think all is lost, the future remains.

484. Silence is one great art of conversation.__William Hazlitt

485. Man's best possession is a loving wife and a woman's best possession is a loving husband.

486. You are only what you are when no one is looking.

487. Be your own judge and you will be happy.__Gandhiji

488. The future of the child is always the work of the mother.__Napoleon

489. Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.__Aristotle

490. What God gives you is not to be kept under lock and key but to be shared with the deserving__Mother Theresa

491. Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.__Lady Blessington

492. The older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.__Jawaharlal Nehru

493. Try and stand on one leg and then you will realise what a blessing it is to have two legs.__G.K. Chesterton

494. Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think and those who cause others to think.__ Rouse

495. There is nothing that is impossible if one brings to bear on one's work a vigilant and resourceful mind__Thiruvalluvar

496. What you cannot accomplish by reason, prudence and skill, you will never be able to achieve by force.__ Montaigne

497. The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others.__Francis Bacon

498. It is better to bind your children to you by respect and gentleness, than by fear.__Terence

499. The two great movers of the human mind are the desire of good, and the fear of evil.__Johnson

500. A man sinks lower and lower and a well or rises higher as a rising building; all, through his own actions.