Wherever you go, go with all your heart. Confucius Regardless of our motives or compulsions, we are all stuck in some sort of a routine or ritual that we do not really want to be part of. This could be anything from an unhappy relationship to a not-so-happening city to a dreary nine-to-five job. However, Read more…
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vidal Sassoon In a world obsessed with get-rich-overnight schemes, it is easy to believe that one doesn’t necessarily need to put in the hard yards to make it big in life. Unfortunately, nothing can be further from the truth.
Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day. Anonymous Life is seldom a smooth journey, so much so that the only predictable thing about life is its unpredictable nature. You will hardly ever have two similar days. As such, each day brings a fresh challenge. How we navigate these Read more…
As we grow up, we realize it is less important to have lots of friends, and more important to have real ones. Anonymous In a world as materialistic as ours, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that quantity has become synonymous with success or standing. Be it money or the number of friends we have, Read more…
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Life is, by nature, a challenge. Often times, the trials and tribulations of life may impede or even stagnate our progress. Even worse, we might get the impression that nothing can Read more…
Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep. Madonna Life is far from fair. It keeps testing both our patience and perseverance in the form of the challenges it throws at us. It isn’t unheard-of for people to feel gloomy and even give up on life itself in the Read more…
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have. Soren Kierkegaard We all, without exception, have certain expectations from life. Whether or not we work toward materializing these expectations, we continue to hope that we will have the future we dreamed of. Life, however, is far from a Read more…
I don’t know if the optimists or the pessimists are right. But the optimists are going to get something done. Craig Venter Many people argue that optimists and pessimists are two sides of the same coin. One deliberately chooses to look at the positives while disregarding the negatives, howsoever many; the other spends all his Read more…
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. Lance Armstrong Failures are an inevitable part of any worthwhile journey, so much so that you’re probably aiming below your potential if you haven’t had any setbacks along the way. Unfortunately, pain is an inescapable part of failing.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy Despite its dynamic nature, our world is rather stubborn when it comes to giving in to conscious changes. In fact, repeated attempts at molding our surroundings to our liking results in nothing but frustration. And yet, even this unending cycle Read more…
