Bricks they throw

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Thursday, 19 Mar '09

“A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him”

--David Brinkley

My Thoughts:
Don’t be depressed by what people say you or if they ill-treat you. These are like bricks that they throw at you.

You have to make your building of success by these bricks and then show these people your capabilities!

Success by accident

“To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.”

--Marie Leneru

My Thoughts:
I our society, there are predefined things, you do this – you succeed; you do that – you fail. And almost 90% of things fall under this criteria.

So to succeed is just another thing. But yes, when you follow something and then believe that you have followed the set rules, then if you succeed – it’s by accident. Whereas when you believe in you yourself and in whatever you do – that’s your character.

Fail in Honor

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Friday, 20 Feb '09

“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.”

--Sophocles

My Thoughts:
This particular quote is very simple, just one liner, but that very complex to explain. I would not preach this; as this very thing of honesty is in-built in all of us.

All you have to do is activate this in-built feature in you and morally understand that it is honor that is more important than success. There are many avenues where you could earn success. But if honor is lost, it’s hard to earn it back.

Untold pain in heart

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Saturday, 14 Feb '09

“Behind every successful man, there is an untold pain in his heart.”

--Bill Jacobs

My Thoughts:
All I want to say about this quote is that success is not an easy endeavor. You have to gain pain before you can capture success.

That’s a common thing and if you are successful without any pain gain; they definitely you are also lucky.

Fail better

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Thursday, 15 Jan '09

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

--Herman Melville

My Thoughts:
There are lots of thoughts that are striking as I type this post. But you know what…..this quote is worth giving a try than to just keep reading it.

I would try till I come up with something innovative or maybe something that’s my own. And if I would fail, I would be happy because I didn’t copy someone.

Cheap Talent

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Monday, 15 Dec '08

"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work."

--Stephen King

My Thoughts:
During these tough financial times, we would have had experienced this. Everyone is trying to give their talented services at discounted rates.

And suddenly find that there are lots of cheap skilled and talented people all around. But then at this point, the only distinguishing factor amongst these talented individuals is one who is ready for hard work. And in addition to that, able to so some smart work.

Greatest glory

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Friday, 21 Nov '08

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

--Confucius

My Thoughts:
Success is always relative. To you, reading this Blog can be a normal stuff, but for a visually impaired person it could be a great feat.

So to be consistently not failing, in other words, always being a winner can be your regular job and that’s not a real achievement. Your glory is manifested when you actually fail, but don’t loose courage till you achieve success. And this is how you see the contrast.

Success and failure

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Sunday, 2 Nov '08

“Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.”

--Mike Ditka

My Thoughts:
Success is a timely event that last for a span of time. Achieving Success doesn’t mean that you would be always at the top.

The other way round is for failure; if you fail, it doesn’t mean that you are a looser. But the only condition for this is that you have to learn from your failure.

And it worked…....!

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Saturday, 11 Oct '08

“The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything - and it works.”

--William Strong

My Thoughts:
In my previous post, I had said that failure is only a station on the way to success. But most people take that as their destination.

So the next time you fail, think that you have only moved to the next station still closer to success.

Bouncing high!

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Sunday, 24 Aug '08

"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

--General George S. Patton

My Thoughts:
Many a times we fail in doing something. At few occasions we fail very badly. But I believe that failure is just a station in between you and your destination (Success).

But if you take the failure as your destination, you would never reach success (your actual destination). All we have to do is, be patient and bounce back from the failure and reach success.

So are you ready to bounce back….?