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“You did the impossible, because you didn’t realize it was impossible.”
― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs

“Fear is not an emotion, it is a disease. It spreads from the leader to his followers and vice–versa. Nothing has killed more men in war than fear. What should a warrior fear? Death? But death is what everyone achieves ultimately. Is it wounds that you fear? What is more important? A pint of your blood or the nectar of victory? Think. Thinking will clear such doubts.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished

“if the doings of the victor could not be justified by the prevailing moral codes of society, he would be elevated to godhood, for who could question a God?”
― Anand Neelakantan, Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished

“Perhaps it’s human nature, or just corporate nature, but most people tend to think incrementally rather than transformationally or galactically.”
― Eric Schmidt, How Google Works

“An ancient poet once remarked, “When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one of us”.”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“wonder why some people tend to see science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it, the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire

“It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“Give the wrong people a big challenge, and you’ll induce anxiety. But give it to the right people, and you’ll induce joy.”
― Eric Schmidt, How Google Works

“This is your life, and it’s been waiting for you to discover it!”
― Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

“The Universe likes speed. Don’t delay. Don’t second guess. Don’t doubt. When the opportunity is there, when the impulse is there, when the intuitive nudge from within is there, act. That’s your job. And that’s all you have to do.”
― Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

“Beautiful hands are those that do Work that is earnest and brave and true Moment by moment The long day through.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire

“To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience is gained, and technologies are mastered. The importance of the peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides. So I went on towards the top, but always experiencing the sides. I had a long way to go but I was in no hurry. I went in little steps—just one step after another—but each step towards the top.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire

“The degree to which we have developed our independent will in our everyday lives is measured by our personal integrity. Integrity is, fundamentally, the value we place on ourselves. It’s our ability to make and keep commitments to ourselves, to “walk our talk.” It’s honor with self, a fundamental part of the Character Ethic, the essence of proactive growth.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“I say, drop all your defenses. Anyone can make a mistake — even you. Do not defend your mistakes; just accept them and move on. When you are totally defenseless, that is when you will be completely strong.”
― Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Celebrating Silence

“Forgetfulness of the infinite is misery. Forgetfulness of the trivial is ecstasy.”
― Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Celebrating Silence

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. RALPH WALDO EMERSON”
― Zig Ziglar, See You at the Top

“failure is an event, it is not a person—yesterday ended last night—today is a brand new day and it’s yours.”
― Zig Ziglar, See You at the Top

“the major difference between the big shot and the little shot is this: the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting.”
― Zig Ziglar, See You at the Top

“Booker T. Washington said, “You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.”
― Zig Ziglar, See You at the Top

“We are always getting ready to live, but never living.” Ralph Waldo Emerson”
― Robin S. Sharma, The Mastery Manual

“The most critical step for solving any problem is to first fully understand the problem; sugar coating the issue, denying what is really there, declining to accept the facts, is a sure path to disaster. “Get Real!”
― Robert Stevenson, Raise Your Line: Success Is About a Higher Line Mentality

“measure my accomplishments,” said Daniel W. Josselyn, “not by how tired I am at the end of the day, but how tired I am not.” He said, “When I feel particularly tired at the end of the day, or when irritability proves that my nerves are tired, I know beyond question that it has been an inefficient day both as to quantity and quality.”
― Dale Carnegie, How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job

“death strikes those  unwilling to move”
― Upendra Namburi, 60 Minutes

“The person who comes in second is the first to lose…’ Agastya”
― Upendra Namburi, 60 Minutes

“Remember that unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog.”
― Dale Carnegie, How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job

“showing does not guarantee seeing. Telling does not guarantee hearing. Gyana is not vi-gyana.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, My Gita

“In Morozov’s critique, we’ve made “the Internet” synonymous with the revolutionary future of business and government. To make your company more like “the Internet” is to be with the times, and to ignore these trends is to be the proverbial buggy-whip maker in an automotive age. We no longer see Internet tools as products released by for-profit companies, funded by investors hoping to make a return, and run by twentysomethings who are often making things up as they go along. We’re instead quick to idolize these digital doodads as a signifier of progress and a harbinger of a (dare I say, brave) new world.”
― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

“most companies fail because they get too comfortable doing what they have always done, making only incremental changes. And that is especially fatal today, when technology-driven change is rampant. So the question to ask isn’t what will be true, but what could be true. Asking what will be true entails making a prediction, which is folly in a fast-moving world.205 Asking what could be true entails imagination: What thing that is unimaginable when abiding by conventional wisdom is in fact imaginable?”
― Eric Schmidt, How Google Works

“remember, some books are meant to be tasted, some books are meant to be chewed and, finally, some books are meant to be swallowed whole. Which”
― Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny

“Sure I am that this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strengths; that its pangs and toils are not beyond my endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us. Winston Churchill”
― Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari