THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

• A wise man is one who forgets the faults of others, but always remembers his
own.
• All men make mistakes; only fools repeat them.
• Do the thing you fear, and fear will disappear.
• Indecision is expensive, Very expensive.
• A wise man speaks when others have exhausted their words.
• An open mind collects more riches than an open purse.
• If at first you don’t succeed, try once more and then try something else.
• It is not only machinery that becomes obsolete. One has to guard against
obsolescence of the mind.
• If you make up your mind to do three things, namely to work, to save and to
learn, you can rise in this world.
• Do not postpone the unpleasant and difficult tasks. Do them now, and you will
feel much better afterwards.
• Keep on learning – from your successes, so you repeat them; from your
failures, so you never make the same one twice.
• The people you may have with you may not be the best; how you use them
decides your profits.
• Success is not the opposite of failure. A runner may come in last, but if he
beats his record, he succeeds.
• If you do not make mistakes, it only means you are not trying 100 percent.
• If you want to move mountains, you have to first learn how to move particles.
• When it is impossible to change others, you must change yourself.
• Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of
hours per day that were given to Louis Pasteur, Mother Theresa, and Albert
Einstein.
• The wise man thinks before acting and the fool thinks after it.
• The more clear you are on what you want, the more power you will have to
achieve it.
• A fundamental requirement for success: Humility.
• Everyone has a will to win but a few has the will to prepare to win
• Without a smile on your face, you are not fully dressed.
• There is no substitute for action knowing is knowing and doing is doing
• There is nothing in this world, that training cannot achieve
• Indecision is often worse than a wrong decision.
• Over planning. Look for it and kill it.
• You can’t do things differently until you see things differently.
• Your mind is a computer and, Therefore, programmable.
• Your mind is a thoughts Factory, and you are the Production Manager. It can
produce either positive or negative thoughts. The ideas of others are your raw
materials.
• Listen to others but use your own judgment.
• Mistakes are the best teachers.
• Ninety-six per cent of the old records and letters are never referred to again.
• Banks are just like any business. They are out to make profits. Do not put all
your business in one bank.
• A grain of sand or a grain of wheat contains more knowledge than a library; all
we have to do is to ask, ask and ask.
• Creativity is not a function of size. Small is beautiful. A smart chartered
accountant may be more effective than the biggest accounting firm.
• Don’t be afraid of your auditors. Massage their egos and they will help you to
improve your profits by telling you about avoidable activities.
• Before you kick the dog, Find out the name of its master.
• Not even the most productive cow can be milked forever without investment.
• Be patient while analyzing and impatient while executing.
• The best photograph in the world is no good if it is still in somebody’s camera.
• Too many people care more about always doing things the right way, rather
than doing the right thing.
• A company is a long shadow of the boss.
• A bend in the road is not the end of road unless you fail to make the turn.
• The race for Quality has no finish line.
• Some people dream of Success, while others wake up and work hard at it.
• One man with courage makes a majority.
• What is life without an impossible dream
• It’s important to know what people expect from you. Then, of course you
surprise them by giving more.
• Business is a “get-things-done” situation
• A person who uses his imagination creatively may do better than a person
with more resources of men, money and materials.
• Get rid of gray thinking every night while you are trying to sleep.
• Hundreds of businessmen have succeeded without an M.B.A. but none
without common sense.
• Knowledge and good manners are equally essential for success in business.
• Management attracts capital, and capital attracts men. It cannot be done any
other way.
• Managers do things the right way - Leaders do the right things.
• Many companies do not have exit gates for ideas, paper, and people
products.
• Many people have lost their business because they expanded.
• Minefields of the business world: Anger, jealousy, and revenge.
• You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it.
• Profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets, which can cash in
the future.
• Never lose your curiosity. It is what keeps your mind agile.
• What are you doing today to be in business tomorrow?
• A simple match - stick is a profitable and pocketable fire. But, imagine life
without it.
• All too often people believe that creativity automatically leads to innovation.
• Always be a front seater. You will start feeling bigger and smarter.
• Ask and you shall receive; Demand and you will get less.
• By silence, I hear other men’s imperfections and conceal my own.
• Creativity is thinking up new things; innovation is doing new things. There is
no shortage of creativity or creative people; the shortage is of innovators.
• Don’t destroy your spirit for “this quarter” or “this year” gains.
• Don’t change with the change; Change before the change.
• Ideas are useless unless used.
• It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you
very often get it.
• It is easy to give money to those who have talent, but almost impossible to
give talent to those who have money.
• It is the first step that is difficult.
• Knowledge and timber shouldn’t be much used till they are seasoned.
• Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
• Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.
• Many of us have secure cabins on sinking ships.
• Most of us have a weakness for self-depreciation. Watch out!
• My shopping was shopping for knowledge.
• Never bet more on a sure thing than you can afford to lose.
• Never explain your troubles to anyone. No one is interested in wasting time to
hear your troubles.
• No one can ever insult you when you know your own worth.
• Shooting fish in a barrel may not be sporting. But if the purpose is to get fish,
it works.
• Oil is lubrication between machine parts, but creates friction among nations.
• When a little voice inside says “no”, don’t bully it.
• Smile big! A big smile gives you confidence.
• The higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.
• The day you get the big idea is the day to begin to improve that idea.
• The higher a man goes, the narrower is thinking becomes. Therefore, watch
out.
• The greater the storm, the sooner it’s over.
• To make a one-pound comb of honey, bees must collect nectar from about 2
million flowers.
• We are often our own worst enemy.
• When our small children hit a table, we blame the table! Wrong training.
• When you are No. 2 or 3, try harder. And you are No.1; try even harder.
• When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
• A man is not finished when he is defeated; he is finished when he quits.
• Difference between RUNNING the business and RUINING the business is ‘I’.
• One who talks to you about himself – ‘he is boosting’. One who talks to you
about others – ‘he is gossiping’. One who talks to you about yourself – ‘he is
an intelligent conversationalist’.
• When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.
• Success is never ending; failure is never final.
• Good conscience is reverberations of god.
• If you plan, you get results. If you do not, you get consequences.
• Winners never quit. Quitters never win.
• Mind is like wet cement. Whatever falls on it, it will make impression.
• If you want to be a good leader, you need to be a good servant.
• ‘You’ and ‘me’ are not required when ‘he’ is not there.
• Whatever you do, there will be people to criticize. So, continue to do what you
feel right.
• Nurture good habits, foster better thoughts, share the best skills.
• Defeat the defeat before defeat defeats you.
• Anger is one letter shorter of danger.
• One having silver in head should have gold in his pocket.
• Imagination is more important than knowledge.
• Living too long is a greater concern than dying soon.
• A meeting is a gathering of important people who cannot singly decide
anything, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
• Men may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.
• One who reaches for the biggest fruit must have a friend with strong
shoulders to stand on.
• He who wishes to secure his off spring’s future must cautiously allow his
money to grow.
• One, who is having the patience, earns the joy of seeing his hard earned
wealth grow.
• An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
• The fool wants others to see him, the wise man smiles in the audience.
• Everyone needs company. Do I have enough love to share my company with
some one?
• If you give your heart to God, you will not get heart attacks.
• If a person hides his feelings, it is because there is something wrong with his
feelings.
• The one who is honest and has a true heart will always feel light and tension
free.
• If you enjoy praise, it means you can be easily hurt by defamation.
• If you love someone, you try to be like that person is. If we love God, should
we not attempt to be godly?
• What separates a highly developed man from an animal? His thoughts.
• The greatest service is to share with others the joys of living.
• The victory means complete control over the sense organs.
• Love is universal. It has no limits.
• If you have the habit of minding other people’s business, your own business
will become bankrupt.
• The quality of our thoughts determines our own personal degree of
happiness.
• To tolerate someone else’s mistakes is one thing. To forgive them is even
greater.
• If your mind is caught in bondages and problems of the past, you will not
experience the joys of the present.
• If I cling to the past, the present becomes difficult and the future seems
impossible.
• If you want to advance in life, make sure that your wants’ don’t advance.
• I don’t know why we are here, but I am pretty sure that it is not in order to
enjoy ourselves.
• Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
• Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down.
• The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him
absolutely no good.
• A clever man commits no miner blunders.
• First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight with you, then
you win.
• The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.
• No one can earn a billion dollars honestly.
• If women did not exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.
• Well done is better than well said.
• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the
opportunity in every difficult.
• The art of enjoying every minute is to deal with only one minute at a time.
• It is good to forgive but even better to forget.
• Praising others is an investment, in securing appreciation for you.
• If you do wrong and try to prove you are right, time will smile at your
foolishness.
• To give happiness to others is a great act of charity.
• Loneliness comes when we forget that God is our supreme companion.
• Learn to try saying “No”; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read
Latin.
• Do not expect love and attention; give it instead.
• To be able to smile in the face of disaster is the result of a stable mind.
• Sticks and stones break bones – words often break relationship.
• Tears of love do not cause sorrow; they become pearls.
• Life is a flower of which love is the honey.
• Even the simplest task is difficult for the lazy man.
• Some people’s advice will only add vice to your life.
• Mercifulness makes us equal to gods.
• To taste the sweetness of life, you must have the power to forget the past.
• Anger makes you mad, why not be sensible?
• The greatest prayer is ‘PATIENCE’.
• Be yourself, be natural. It is far easier than pretending to be someone else.
• A man with bad temper is really angry with himself.
• In a bitter world, one drop of true love is an ocean in the desert.
• Never lose hope. Hope is a rope that swings you through life.
• The conduct of the parents is an education to the children.
• The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is tongue.
• Make effort to uplift yourself; do not degrade yourself.