Quotes from Swami Vivekanand

Before sharing few quotes of Swami Vivekanand, let me tell you that I'm believer and follower of few Hero's (for one or more reasons) (let me add here that I try and see their positive points only, because each Individual has some negative points). Those hero's are (few of them, which are top of Mind - because like Lord Dattatreya, who had 24 guru's each for specific reasons) - Lord Shri Ram; Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekanand, Shri Sai baba; Bhagat Singh; Abraham Lincoln and recent times Amitabh Bachhan; Kapil Dev; Sachin Tendulkar; Warren Buffet; Narayan Murthy; APJ Abdul Kalam Azad etc.. I have shared Gandhiji's famous Bhajan; Bhagat Singh's Peom, so today I got below attached quotes of Swami Vivekanand.

“When I Asked God for Strength
He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face

When I Asked God for Brain & Brown
He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve

When I Asked God for Happiness
He Showed Me Some Unhappy People

When I Asked God for Wealth
He Showed Me How to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Favors
He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Peace
He Showed Me How to Help Others

God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted
He Gave Me Everything I Needed.”

- Swami Vivekanand

Wise Thoughts

• Every morning in Africa a Deer wakes up, it knows it must run faster than the fastest Lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up, it knows it must run faster than the slowest Deer or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter if your a Lion or Deer, when the Sun comes up, you'd better be running.
• If we miss an opportunity, don’t fill the eyes with tears, as it will hide another better opportunity in front of us.
• ANGERS BLOWS OUT THE LAMP OF THE MIND - INGERSOLL
• DO NOT COMPLAIN THAT ROSE BUSH HAS THORNS. REJOICE THAT THE THORN BUSH BEARS ROSES - ARABIAN PROVERB
• KEEP A SECRET, IT’S YOUR SLAVE. TELL IT, AND IT’S YOUR MASTER -HENRY
• WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING -KENNEDY
• WHEREVER WE LOOK UPON THIS EARTH, THE OPPORTUNITIES TAKE SHAPE WITHIN THE PROBLEMS-NELSON ROCKFELLER

Some useful thoughts, words & stories

Life has gone with so many conversations, we have left behind so many memories, those memories when re-collected leaves tears, would those days return? Would those friends meet? Those who are busy working towards their goals? Where have those days gone? Time is too strong! Miss you my dear friends! Hope we meet again one day in our journey of life!

1st he was dying to finish his high school & start college. Then he was dying to finish college and start working. Then he was dying to marry and have children. Then he was dying for his children to grow old enough so he could go back to work. Then he was dying to retire. And now he is dying... And suddenly he realized,that he had forgot to live...So PLEASE Don't Let this happen to U..Live today like there is no tomorrow..Enjoy Life..

5 important lessons to learn from a humble PENCIL : 1. It tell you that everything you do will always leave a mark, 2.You can always correct the mistake you make, 3. What's important is what is inside you and not the one which is outside, 4. In life you will undergo painful sharpening which will make you better in what you do, 5. To be the best you can be, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the hands that hold you.

• There was a blind girl who used to hate every one except her boyfriend.She always used to say that I''ll marry you if i could see Suddenly one day some one donated her eyes and then when she saw her boyfriend, she was astonished to see that her boy friend was also blind! Her boy friend then asked,'' WILL YOU MARRY ME NOW?''she simply refused...... Her boy friend went away saying JUST TAKE CARE OF MY EYES!

Well Said

The road to success is not straight...There is a curve called failure...A loop called confusion...Speed bumps called bad friends...Red lights called enemies...Caution lights called family...You will have flat tyre called jobs...But, if you have a spare wheel called determination.., An engine called perseverance.., Insurance called faith.., A driver called GOD.., You will make it to a place called 'SUCCESS'.

The most selfish one letter 'I' - Avoid it. Most satisfactory to letters 'WE' - Use it. Most poisonous three letters 'EGO'- Kill it. Most used 4 letters 'LOVE'-Value it. Most pleasing 5 letters 'SMILE'-Keep it. Fastest spreading 6 letters 'RUMOUR'-Ignore it. Hard working 7 letters 'SUCCESS'-Achieve it. Most enviable 8 letters 'JEALOUSY'- Distance it. Most essential 9 letters 'PRINCIPLE'- have it. Most divine 10 letters 'FRIENDSHIP'- maintain it.

9ratri festival - Gujarati Quotes

I tried my best to translate in english for easy understanding:

Man Mangso Nahi, Man Apjo (Don't demand for heart, give your heart)

hetu vagar het kare e hir (without any motive if somebody shows affection / love, he is real saint)

Riti, Niti ane Priti thi madel Laxmi Ja MAHALAXMI kahevay. (Money which is earned from true means, practice and love is the real TREASURE)

અશ્રુ એ પ્રાથનાની ભાષા છે. (Tears are the real language of any prayers)

Jena gajava ma Money na hoy, tena modha ma mithas jaruri che, (Person who is without money, he should keep his tongue with sweet words).

પ્રેમ માંગશો નહીં, આપશો. (Do not demand love, ,, - give love).

Quotes from Famous personalities 12

The qualifications as per David Ogilvy in good leaders are:-

1. High std of personal ethics
2. Big people, without pettiness
3. Guts under pressure,
4. resilience in defeat
5. Brilliant brains-not safe podders
6. A capacity for hard work & midnight toil
7. Charisma - charm and persuasiveness
8. A streak of unorthodoxy - creative innovators
9. The courage to take tough decisions
10. Inspiring enthusiasts - with trust & gusto
11. A sense of humour

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to always try just one more time - Thomas Alva Edison

A leader must necessarily b aware of his / her potential. Consider that a magnetised piece of iron will lift about 12 times of its own weight. But if you demagnetize this same piece of iron. It will not lift even a feather! Dr. Joseph Murphy in his book the power of your subconscious mind.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up. James Garfield

Take each good day & relish each moment. Take each bad day & work to make it good - Lisa Dado

In the long run men hit only what they aim at - Henry David Thoreau

Navratri Aarti - Hindi

During this Nine night Hindu Goddess, Please accept Aarti in Hindi for all of us.

अंबे तू हे जगद अंबे काली, जय दुर्गे गब्बर वाली, तेरे ही गुन गाये भारती, ओ मैया हम सब उतारें तेरी आरती
तेरे भक्तजनों पर माता, घिर पड़ी है भारी, दानव दल पर टूट पडो, माँ कर के सिंह सवारी
सो सो सिंहो से है बलसाली, है दस भुजा वाली, दुखियों के दुःख निवारती, ओ मैया ............
माँ तेरा है इस जग मैं, बड़ा ही निर्मल नाता, ऊंट कपूत सुने है पर ना, माता सुनी कुमाता
सब पे करुना बरसाने वाली, अमृत बरसाने वाली, दुखियों के दुःख निवारती ओ मैया ............
ना मांगे हम धन और दौलत, ना चांदी ना सोना, हम तो मांगे माँ तेरे मन मैं, एक छोटा सा कौना
सबकी बिगड़ी बनाने वाली, लाज बचाने वाली, सदिओं के सत् को संवारती, ओ मैया ...................

Quotes from Famous personalities 11

First say to yourself what you would be & then do what have to do – Epictetus

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

One of the rarest thing that man does it to do the best he can - Josh Billings

As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big - Donald Trump

You have got to make it happen - Joe Greene

You are never a loser until you quit trying - Mika Ditka

The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step - Chinese Proverb

See the invisible, feel the intangible & achieve the impossible

In a one room log cabin in Kentucky, a small boy was lying on the hearth, learning to write, using the back of a wooden shovel as a slate and a piece of charcoal as a pencil. A kindly woman stood over him, encouraging him to keep on trying. The boy grew into manhood without having shown any promise of greatness. He took up the study of law and tried to make a living at that profession, but his success was meager. He tried store keeping, but the sheriff soon caught up with him. He entered the army, but he made no noteworthy record there. Everything to which he turned his hand seemed to wither and disappear into nothingness. Then a great love came into his life. It ended with the death of the woman he loved, but the sorrow over that death reached deeply into the man's soul & there it made contact with the secret power that comes from within-the power & began to put it to work. It made him President of United States. It wiped out the curse of slavery in America. And it saved the Union from dissolution in the time of great national emergency. His name: Abraham Lincoln