Good Sayings-26

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.

Ideal man___

An ideal man should combine in himself the swiftness of Garuda (the Lord's Mount) when pursuing an act, the stability of the Himalayas (to the bear with difficulties), the depth of the ocean (to conceal his feelings), the pleasing nature of the moon (to be cheerful and helpful) and the splendour of the sun (to be a source of encouragement to others). An ideal man should maintain equanimity towards a friend and a foe. ___ Vedanta Dasika.

Let me give

I do not know how long i will live, But while I live Lord, Let me give; Some comfort to some one in need, by smile or money, kind or deed, Then I will not have lived in vain, and I will not care how long I live, If I can Give and Give and Give.-----------

A Man Is As Great As

A man is as great as the dreams he dreams,
As great as the love he bears;
As great as the values he redeems,
And the happiness he shares.
A man is as great as the thoughts he thinks,
As the worth he had attained;
As the fountains at which his spirit drinks,
As the insight he has gained.
A man is as great as the truth he speaks,
As great as the help he gives,
As great as the destiny he seeks,
As great as the life he lives.

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