Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Winning is not enough

Those who know how to win are more numerous than
those who know how to make proper use of their victories. Polybius

Friday, July 27, 2007

Friends and relatives

Fate chooses our relatives;
we choose our friends. Jacques Delille

Monday, July 23, 2007

Words mirror you

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool
than to speak and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Attitude determines it all

"Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it,
for that determines our success or failure." Norman Vincent Peale

On self-confidence

"To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best.
If you’re not, pretend you are." Muhammad Ali

Friday, July 20, 2007

To survive, win !

Without victory, there is no survival. Winston Churchill

Sunday, July 15, 2007

The strong forgives

The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mohandas Gandhi

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Totally agreeable

Faith which does not doubt is dead faith. Miguel de Unamuno

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Collection of Prejudices

Common sense is the collection of prejudices
acquired by age 18. Albert Einstein

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Defining excellence

Excellence is to do a common thing in
an uncommon way.
Booker T. Washington

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Thursday, July 05, 2007

What's your "tree" ?

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow.
The shadow is what we think of it;
the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Basically, it's all up to you

He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be. Pierre Corneille

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

You can never run away from reality

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away.
Philip K. Dick

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Full, ready and exact

Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man;
and writing an exact man. Francis Bacon

A classic quote

Every failure is a step to success. William Whewell