Norman Vincent Peale on Obstacles

"Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have."

Norman Vincent Peale
1898-1993, Pastor, Speaker and Author

Quote from Rich DeVos

"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible."

Richard M. DeVos

Vision, Failure and Discouragement

"Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement."

Florence Scovel Shinn
Artist and Author

Napolean Hill on Overcoming Struggles

"The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun."
- Napoleon Hill
1883-1970, Author of Think and Grow Rich

Emerson on Success

"To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson {1803-1882 American Essayist}

Wisdom for the day

"When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change."

--Thich Nhat Hanh

How to treat somebody

"Treat a man as he appears to be and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749-1832, Poet and Novelist

MK Gandhi on rejection!!!

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Perseverance

"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Doing Vs Dreaming

"A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer."

Nolan Bushnell
Founder of Atari Computer

Insight of the day

"Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try."

Dennis DeYoung
Rock Musician and Songwriter

Prayer of the day

GOD, give us the courage to change what can be changed, the serenity to accept what cannot be changed, and the wisdom to tell the difference."

Og Mandino on Success

"Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success."

Og Mandino
1923-1996, Author and Speaker

My Next Car

Yesterday I test drove my next car Honda City 2005 Exi (Warm Silver model). It's just awesome in drive comfort, manuerability and pretty much everything. It cost 752000/-. I need to get this one before Dec 2005. Here are some of the pcitures.