Good Sayings-52

1021.  If men will have no care for the future, they will soon have sorrow for the present.

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1022.  If God is to live in us, pride must die in us.- Dr S. Radhakrishnan

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1023.  Watch your words, watch your actions, watch your thoughts, watch your character, watch your heart.

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1024.  The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.-Paramahamsa Yogananda

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1025.  Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.

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1026.  Practice economy, but do not be stingy.

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1027.  Instead of loving people and using things, we love things and use people.

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1028.  Happiness and misery are mental states.-Swami Ramdas

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1029.  Love lives by giving and forgiving.  Self lives by getting and forgetting.  Love is selflessness, Self is lovelessness.

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1030.  Mind is a gold mine and a rubbish heap as well.

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1031.  The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

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1032.  A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.

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1033.  Thinking good thoughts, precede good actions.

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1034.  Truth is the first causality in the game of politics.

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1035.  Obstacles are stepping stones and not stopping stones to success.

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1036.  Men take more pains to mask than mend.-Benjamin Franklin.

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1037.  The best speakers are the best listeners.  Learn to listen.

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1038.  Mind cannot be annihilated when noble thoughts are entertained.

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1039.  Expansion means life, love is expansion.  Love is therefore the only kind of life.  He who loves lives.-Swami Vivekananda.

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1040. God is the inner ruler of your heart.  He is the silent witness of your thoughts.  You cannot hide anything from Him.  Become straight forward.-Swami Sivananda.

Good Sayings-51

1001.  Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.- Dennis Conner

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1002.  One who talks incessantly makes others bored.

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1003.  Character is merely a habit, long continued.

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1004.  Idle young man becomes unhappy old man.

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1005.  It is vain to expect out prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as we pray.-Aesop

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1006.  Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

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1007.  He who laughs lasts.

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1008.  It is better to starve than beg.

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1009.  He enjoys much who is thankful for little; a grateful mind is both a great and a happy mind.

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1010.  The trouble seems to be that too many people think the law should be enforced; and not enough think it should be observed.

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1011.  Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark.  You know what you are doing but no one else sees.

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1012.  Explanations of all the intellectuals of the world do not equal the experience of one individual.

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1013.  There never was any heart truly great and gracious, that was not also tender and compassionate.

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1014.  Where there is forgiveness there is God Himself.-Nanak

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1015.  Hopes enables us to endure the hardships of life with courage and contentment.-Zarathushtra.

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1016.  Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher.

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1017.  A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

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1018.  There is only one true friend who is always with you, in you and around you.  He is God.-Baba

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1019.  One of the most curious mistakes is to think that man derives happiness from being idle.-Leo Tolstoy.

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1020.  Nurture great thoughts, for you will never be higher than your thoughts.- Benjamin Disraeli.

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Good Sayings-50

981.  Dharma, violated, destroys; Dharma, cherished, protects.
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982.  Reject the gain that leads to a loss; Accept the loss that leads to a gain- Vidhura...
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983.  All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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984.  Religions are not meant for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them- Gandhiji
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985.  Children have neither past nor future.  They enjoy the present, which very few of us do.-Richard Garfield.
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986.  The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. _ William Blake.
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987.  Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.- Confucius
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988.  Pleasure is attained by fulfilling desire; happiness by overcoming it.
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989.  Speak not except what may benefit others or yourself.  Avoid unimportant conversation.
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990.  I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.- Voltaire
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991.  Amassing wealth often ruins health.
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992.  Correct yourself and the world stands corrected.
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993.  Constant practice often excels even talent.-Cicero.
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994.  Time is Money.
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995.  No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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996.  The humble are pure gold, the proud are brass.
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997.  Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
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998.  Experience helps us to grow, accomplishment helps us mature.-G.Goodwin
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999. One day is lost if we have not laughed even once.
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1000.  He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.-John Ruskin.
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There Is Good In Everyone...Wisdom

A teacher had great faith in his students and believed that every single student had something special in him.  Hearing about his faith in his students, the principal of the school appointed him to teach a class where a particular boy was giving a lot of trouble and negatively influencing the other boys too.

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As the teacher entered the class on the first day, he found a lot of whispering going.  A paper was being passed from student to student.  When the teacher took the paper, he saw in it a crude drawing of himself.  He asked the students who drew it.  The boy who was known for his misbehavior stood up.  The teacher said to him, "Meet me after school today".  He then continued the class.  In the evening the boy went to him, expecting a severe punishment.  To his surprise, the teacher gave him a book and said to him, "I saw from your drawing that you have a great talent.  Here is a book which teaches you a lot about drawing.  Use it well".

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The boy was so encouraged by this, he began to concentrate on drawing and on studies too to please the teacher.  He grew up to become James Whitcomb Riley, a great American Poet and artist.....

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The teacher could mould a mischievous boy into a great person through his faith that there is good in everyone, and that through his faith that there is good in everyone, and that through patience one can win people over by being nice to them.....

Complacency...Wisdom Editor Speaks

Being satisfied and pleased with oneself is one thing.  Having respect for oneself is another.

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Once you reach your goal, you gain confidence.  You use this confidence to set new goals to achieve.  That is what creative living is all about.  But when should one be proud of one's achievement?  When you develop confidence on your own initiative, there is no shame in being proud of it.  You don't have to brag about it; but you can look at yourself with kind eyes and, with approval, you can accept yourself for what you are and what you can be.  This does not mean complacency, being satisfied with your lot and staying that way.

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Complacency is a variation of conceit, because you like yourself and go on liking yourself for what you have achieved, feeling you need not achieve anymore.  Complacency and humility do not go together, but confidence and humility do.  there is a hidden danger in being complacent.  Soon you become passive and rest on your laurels, whatever they may be.  Then you slowly retire from the realities of life.  Creative living means that you must always keep moving in the stream of things.  You can still enjoy a vacation now and relax in the room of your mind to renew your energies and you courage to tackle life's problems.  Complacency signals that you are resting too long.  All rest and no work makes you dull, uninteresting, lifeless.

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No one can make you complacent without your consent.....