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Quotes worth recording – The Buddha

By Rajesh Setty on Sat 06 Jan 2007, 6:54 PM - 1 Comment

Buddha has a message for all of us in the new year. Enjoy!

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared”

- The Buddha

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Quotes worth recording – Frederick Collins

By Rajesh Setty on Sat 16 Dec 2006, 11:12 AM - 3 Comments

The following quote shows (brilliantly) where you should put the focus on…

“There are two types of people in the world. Those who come in the room and say, ‘Well, here I am!’ and those who come into the room and say ‘Ah,there you are!’”

- Frederick Collins
Writer

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Quotes worth recording – Henry Longfellow

By Rajesh Setty on Tue 12 Dec 2006, 8:16 AM - 1 Comment

Naveen at Start2Lead sends me this beautiful quote this morning. I have always believed that

1) You pay the price or you pay the price later for not paying the price before.
2) You pay the price before you get the prize

The quote below puts it beautifully

“The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept were toiling upward in the night.”

- Henry W. Longfellow

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Quotes worth recording – Phyllis Bottome

By Rajesh Setty on Sun 10 Dec 2006, 8:13 PM - 1 Comment

Long ago, I had heard a quote something like “Problems come so that heroes can overcome.” Here is a similar one that you might enjoy!

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.”

- Phyllis Bottome,
English Writer

Have a great week ahead!

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Quotes worth recording – David Ogilvy

By Rajesh Setty on Sat 09 Dec 2006, 7:45 AM - Leave Comment

Ogilvy might have said this in the context of advertising, I think this is true in many other areas in life as well. It is all in how you package what you have to offer.

“If it doesn’t sell, it isn’t creative.”

- David Ogilvy

Enjoy your weekend!

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Quotes worth recording – Richard Saul Wurman

By Rajesh Setty on Fri 08 Dec 2006, 11:57 PM - Leave Comment

We all talked about an information overload. Is it really information overload or…

“Everyone spoke of an information overload, but what there was in fact was a non-information overload”

- Richard Saul Wurman
What-If, Could-Be (1976)

One of my friends sent this and said that this just re-validates our idea of unveiling Suggestica as a first-step towards reducing the clutter on the web. We are getting there, one step at a time.

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Quotes worth recording – Gabriel Zaid

By Rajesh Setty on Tue 05 Dec 2006, 7:41 AM - 1 Comment

One simple reason why you should be wealthy. Here you go:

“Wealth is above all an accumulation of possibilities”

- Gabriel Zaid
Mexican Author

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Quotes worth recording – Andre Gide

By Rajesh Setty on Sun 03 Dec 2006, 8:26 AM - Leave Comment

Gide highlights beautifully the need to be yourself. Reminds me of a short piece that I wrote a while ago:

Ways to distinguish yourself – #36 Reduce the “Facade Diff”

“It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not”

- Andre Gide

Enjoy your weekend!

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Quotes worth recording – Dale Carnegie

By Rajesh Setty on Wed 15 Nov 2006, 10:29 PM - 1 Comment

Most people think that they will be happy if they are successful (in their own terms) but Carnegie explains beautifully that happiness comes from wanting what you aleady have. In fact, you can be happy right now with what you have. Doesn’t mean that you should not aspire for more but the logic of equating happiness to success is flawed a bit.

“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get”

- Dale Carnegie

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