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"To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."

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“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.”

~Peter F. Drucker 

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Les Brown - "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."

He obviously didnt know jack about cosmic distances.

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Those who do not study the past, get an exciting oppurtunity to repeat it!

~Jon Stewart

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"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much."
~Donald H. Rumsfeld

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Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
~Paul Tournier

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"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority."

~Ralph W Sockman.

The Air I breathe

"I always wondered, when a butterfly leaves the safety of its cocoon, does it realize how beautiful it has become? Or does it still just see itself as a caterpillar?"


Recommended.

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"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Funny Quote of the Day

"Efficiency is intelligent laziness."
~Anonymous

Funny Quote of the Day

"The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little."

~Joe Martin

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"Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

~Steve Jobs

Funny Quote of the Day

"When I told my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my X-rays."

~Henny Youngman

General Colin Powell on Leadership

This was presented to us as a part of the Software Project, Process and Quality Management course and the topic under discussion was Leadership.

I have never taken the interest in figuring out how to post a PPT to a blog and today I did, so here goes. (Click on it to go to the next slide.)



The display size is rather small, and making it any bigger spoils the appearance of the blog for me. So, here is the bigger display.

The process of doing so, deserves a post in its own right.

Pessimism

"The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. "
~George F Will

Anand

"Zindagi baddi honi chahiye, lambi nahi."
"Hairaan hoon ki - wo maut pe has raha tha, ya zindagi pe?"
"Maut ke dar se agar zinda rahna chod diye, to maut kise kahte hain?"
"Humari kamzori jante ho kya hai? - Hum aane wale gum ko kheech taan ke, aaj ki khushi me le aate hain."
"Marte marte chela guru ko sikha gaya - Dukh apne liye rakh, anand sab ke liye."

So true

Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
- David T. Wolf

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Just got off watching Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman for the nth time.

"Some dreams come true, and some don't. But keep on dreaming..."
~A random guy in the movie, or the narrator - I couldn't be sure.

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Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.

~Mike Ditka

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Sometimes all it takes is the first step.
~Anonymous