All people dream, but not equally - Lawrence of Arabia ( Thomas Edward Lawrence )

Failure helps to keep you grounded -- unknown Bollywood person!

If everything in life is happening as you wish you are lucky. If not you are very lucky because things are happening as per God's wish.

Do not know who is the author but well said :-) Even though lot of people dont believe in God one can say there is a supernatural force dictating terms. So, holds true for Atheists too!

Another quote from Naruto

One's soul lives in his creations forever --- Sasori's parting dailogue!!

So true! Go out and create and more importantly pass on your creations.

Rock lee - Naruto

In one of the episodes an enemy creates replicas of the shinobis and the real ones have to fight replicas. But, since the replicas know exactly the techniques that the real ones know it seems impossible to defeat them. Rock lee in his ever enthusiastic mode utters these words and realizes the difference between the replicas. Since the replicas are created a while back Rock lee claims we are becoming better and stronger during the fight and this faith leads him to defeat the replica.


I want to become stronger than I was yesterday, than I was half a day ago, than a minute ago! 

Navjot Siddhu in Discon 2010

This is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnbRWTXGOk8
As expected Navjot Siddhu uses quotes in every other sentence. Few that I liked:

You have got to be a believer first and then you become an achiever.

Doubt creates a mountain and faith tunnels through that mountain.

Sympathy is for the weak and the weak go to the cooking pot.

Those who achieve never point a finger at anybody, they will never crib, cry.

The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

<Hindi> Dhuniya mein sabse bada rog, mere bare mein kya kahenge log.  </Hindi> which translates to The biggest disease in the world is the thought of "what other people think about me".

From Garudapuranam

Only a person who controls his senses and does not allow the mind to go the way of senses, lives a independent life and augurs all good.

There is no force more powerful than the will to live - Aron Ralston

Was looking at the 127 hours movie  trailer and reading about Aron Ralston and I came across this quote. Needless to say I like it :-)

Fools never catch a cold!

Naruto episode 183 had this. The quote essentially means that energetic people who are always happy and enthusiastic will rarely get bogged down.

Different perspective

While reading P vs NP from the Introduction to Theory of Computation textbook by "Michael Sipser" I came across this quote:

"Ignoring the trees to see the forest doesn't mean that one is more important that the other; it just gives a different perspective"

Rajnikanth and few of his ironical quotes

Rajanikanth makes onions cry.
Rajanikanth can delete the Recycling Bin.
Bill Gates lives in constant fear that Rajanikanth’ PC will crash.
Ghosts are actually caused by Rajanikanth killing people faster than Death can process them.
Rajanikanth can build a snowman….. out of rain.
Rajanikanth can strangle you with a cordless phone.
Rajanikanth can drown a fish.
Rajanikanth can play the violin…… …with a piano.
When Rajanikanth enters a room, he doesn’t turn the lights on,……… …. he turns the dark off.
Rajanikanth once had a heart attack…… ……… his heart lost.
When Rajanikanth looks in a mirror the mirror shatters, because not even glass is stupid enough to get in between Rajanikanth and Rajanikanth.
Brett Favre can throw a football over 50 yards. Rajanikanth can throw Brett Favre even further.
The last digit of pi is Rajanikanth. He is the end of all things.
Rajanikanth does not know where you live, but he knows where you will die.
Bullets dodge Rajanikanth.
A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Rajanikanth and that you will be handicapped if you park there.
Rajanikanth’ calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Rajanikanth.
If you spell Rajanikanth wrong on Google it doesn’t say, “Did you mean Rajanikanth?” It simply replies, “Run while you still have the chance.”
Rajanikanth can do a wheelie on a unicycle.
Once a cobra bit Rajanikanth’ leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.
When Rajanikanth gives you the finger, he’s telling you how many seconds you have left to live.
Rajanikanth can kill two stones with one bird.
Rajanikanth was once on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and was the first to spin. The next 29 minutes of the show consisted of everyone standing around awkwardly, waiting for the wheel to stop.
Leading hand sanitizers claim they can kill 99.9 percent of germs. Rajanikanth can kill 100 percent of whatever he wants.
There is no such thing as global warming. Rajanikanth was cold, so he turned the sun up.
Rajanikanth can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.
Rajanikanth has a deep and abiding respect for human life… unless it gets in his way.
It takes Rajanikanth 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.
Rajanikanth once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, “Bang!”
In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Rajanikanth could use to kill you, including the room itself.
Behind every successful man, there is a woman. Behind every dead man, there is Rajanikanth.
Rajanikanth destroyed the periodic table, because Rajanikanth only recognizes the element of surprise.
Rajanikanth got his drivers license at the age of 16 Seconds.
With the rising cost of gasoline, Rajanikanth is beginning to worry about his drinking habit.
The square root of Rajanikanth is pain. Do not try to square Rajanikanth, the result is death.
When you say “no one’s perfect”, Rajanikanth takes this as a personal insult.

Eat That Frog!

While reading this book I am coming across lot many quotes that I like. Hence, I decided to combine them in this post. I will leave the previous ones as it is.

What is planning?
"Planning is brining the future to the present so you can do something about it now" -- Alan Lakein


Six P Formula:
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance

Quality to win!

Napoleon Hill - "There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to achieve it" 

Cathcart - Self-Image

I read this quote while reading "Eat that frog". The author basically says that your mental picture of yourself has a very powerful effect on your behavior. Visualize yourself as the person you intend to be in the future. Your self-image the way you see yourself on the inside largely determines your performance on the outside.

Jim Cathcart once said - "The person you see is the person you will be"

Galileo - What can be taught?

While reading the book "Eat that Frog" I came across the following quote:

Galileo - "You cannot teach a person something he does not already know; you can only bring what he does know to his awareness"

Even though its a bit difficult to digest  I felt this way many a times in classes. Most of learning(awareness in this case) can be broken down into small realizations. You do not realize this when you are young but after a certain age and experience this is clear. Either way I am mostly a self-learner so this quote is more dear to me than it might be for others :-)

Intro

This blog will contain only quotes I come across in my day to day life that are catchy! But, I will try to also post the context in which they occurred so that I can look back and relate it to the respective incidents! I hope it will mould into a good collection of adages! 

DISCLAIMER: Even though the blogs url says "famousadages" I am going to go with my vote as to what I think should be posted. I give a damn if some quote is popular or on the contrary unfamiliar. All I care is a good context in which it was used and its real value to ME :-) ( I can use it in my talks or presentations or in my daily conversations! while making sense :)