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Integrity Quotes :

Integrity
 

Without a doubt, your personal integrity is your most prized possession. Each day, that integrity is constantly tested, and you have an opportunity to prove it or lose it with every decision you make.

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Doing the right thing is not always the easiest thing – but it is always the right thing to do. Choosing to do the right thing – even when it’s painful – ensures you will maintain your most precious possession throughout your personal and professional journey.

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It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.~Arthur Calwell

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Integrity is the commitment to do what is right regardless of the circumstances – no hidden agendas, no political games. Do the right thing, period.
~Ken Carnes

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There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.~John Wooden

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The time is always right to do what is right.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.

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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
~St. Francis of Assisi

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Daily Life Quotes

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."

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"An educated man of yesterday who stops learning today becomes uneducated tomorrow !"

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"A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting Another Candle."

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What do u gain by meditation ?
Best Answer given by
Swami Vivekanand:
"I gain nothing
In fact I Lost
Anger, Depression,  Jealousy, Irritation & Insecurity."

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"Don't let the fear of loosing be greater than the excitement of winning." -Robert Kiyosaki

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"Welcome Crisis!!! A Crisis is boon in disguise, It makes you strong from within....and prepares you for next bull run in your life!!"

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" Watch your habits; some of them are toxic to your family, income, health, friends and most importantly - YOU"

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"Don't let the fear of loosing be greater than the excitement of winning". -Robert Kiyosaki

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"You can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it. You need to start with a new and fresh mind."
      -Albert Einstein

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The greatest gift that you can give to another is knowledge, for knowledge is power—power to build and to dream. What you can envision in your mind you can achieve. -- Jack Podojil

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Being kind is more important than being right,
People need a caring heart to listen than
a brilliant mind to speak.

If you feel that you do not have Time,
ask a question to yourself,
"Is it my success,
or inefficiency ? Mostly it is your inefficiency.

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In relationship : the only way to trust is not to ask too many questions

-          Alain de Botton

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A true relationship is someone who accepts the PAST, supports your PRESENT and encourages your FUTURE.

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Immature people always want to win arguments even at the cost of a relationship. Mature ones prefer losing an argument just to uphold a golden relationship.

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A relationship is not based on the length of time you spent together : it is based on the foundation you build together.

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"LIFE is very similar to a Boxing RING..
DEFEAT is not declared
When you fall DOWN..
It's declared when You REFUSE to Get Up..!!"

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"We never get what we want,
We never want what we get,
We never have what we like,
We never like what we have.
And still we live & love.
That's life."

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"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present."
~Lao Tzu~

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"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything challenging ?"                   --Vincent Van Gogh

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"An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it."

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"We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents, or the country of birth. We do not choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose HOW WE LIVE." Let's live every moment.
          ---Joseph Epstein

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"A Stone is broken by the last stroke of Hammer. This doesn't mean that the 1st Stroke is useless. Success is the result of continuous and persistent effort!"

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"Hatred is a self-addressed envelope."

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"Thinking That We Are Perfect
&
Others Need to Be Corrected
is Just Like
Cleaning The Mirror,
Instead Of
Cleaning Our Face.:

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“The Key to Happiness Is Learning to Let Go.”
~ Hugh Prather

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"There are two kinds of people in the world:  Givers and Takers.
The takers may eat better,
but the giver sleep better" - Mother Teresa.

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"If people
criticize you,
hurt U,
shout at U,
Don't bother..
Just remember..
IN EVERY GAME ONLY AUDIENCE MAKES NOISE, NOT THE PLAYER."

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"When you make a commitment, you create hope
&
When you keep a commitment you create trust."

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"Happiness has a strange mathematics,
The more you divide it, the more it multiplies."

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Parenting Quotes :

Having one child makes you a parent; 
having two you are a referee. 
 (David Frost)

Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11.30 tonight. 
He can make no such prediction about his teenage daughter. 
 (James T. Adams)

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.
(Jim Bishop)

Children really brighten up a household - they never turn the lights off. (Ralph Bus)

There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; 
he does not believe in Santa Claus; 
he is Santa Claus.
 (Bob Phillips)

I never met a kid I liked. 
(W.C. Fields)

Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad. 
(W.C. Fields)

Children nowadays are tyrants. 
They contradict their parents, 
gobble their food, 
and tyrannise their teachers. 
 (Socrates)

Why a four-year-old child could understand this report. 
Run out and find me a four-year-old child. 
I can't make head nor tail out of it. 
(Groucho Marx)

There are three ways to get something done; 
do it yourself, 
hire someone, or 
forbid your kids to do it. 
(Mona Crane)

Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was 'shut up.' (Joe Namath)


When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. 
But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he'd learned in seven years. (Anonymous, often erroneously attributed to Mark Twain)

Financial Quotes !!!

October. 
 This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. 
Other dangerous months are 
July, 
January, 
September, 
April, 
November, 
May, 
March, 
June, 
December, 
August and 
 February. 
(Mark Twain)

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. 
The world owes you nothing. 
It was here first. 
(Mark Twain)

Pennies don't fall from heaven. 
They have to be earned on earth. 
(Margaret Thatcher)

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends. (Janis Joplin)

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. 
The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. 
(Mark Twain)

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. 
(Ed Furgol)

I always arrive late at the office, 
but I make up for it by leaving early. 
(Charles Lamb)

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is written on. 
(Sam Goldwyn)

Money can't buy you happiness, 
but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. 
(Spike Milligan)

The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train. (Robert Lowell)

What's the use of happiness? 
It can't buy you money. 
(Henny Youngman)

There are three easy ways of losing money - 
racing is the quickest, 
 women the most pleasant, 
and farming the most certain. 
(Lord Amherst)

My formula for success is 
rise early, 
work late, and 
strike oil. 
(Paul Getty)

Women prefer men who have something tender about them - especially legal tender. 
(Kay Ingram)

I am opposed to millionaires, 
but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. 
(Mark Twain)

I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty. 
(Groucho Marx)


Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? 
It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else. (Lyndon B. Johnson)

Parkinson’s Law: The pursuit of Progress

Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) was a British naval historian who authored 60 books, with “Parkinson’s Law” published in 1957 being his best seller. Following are a few of quotes which applies universally:

1. Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
2. In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
3. Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
4. Expenditures rise to meet income.
5. The Law of Triviality : Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
6. Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
7. Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
8. The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
9. Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.
10. When an organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body.
11. The smaller the function, the greater the management.

Effect of Affection :

"Although there are achievements that I am proud of, none compare to that of my two sons, Rishi and Rohan. Before they were born, I've always imagined how I would teach them about life and always be there for them. But little did I know, they ended up becoming my inspiration, strength and peace."

-          Mittu Chandilya, CEO, Air Asia – Indian Operations

Tactical management Lesson

Life Becomes Celebrations ...if

Quotable Quotes

I forget what I was TAUGHT,
I only remember what I LEARNT.

Doing easily what others find it difficult is TALENT,
Doing what is impossible for talent is GENIUS.

The difference between Genius and Stupidity is that
Genius has its limits.

Originality is Nothing but
Judicious Imitation.

Conscience is a sacred sanctuary
where god alone may enter as judge.

A belief is not merely an Idea the mind possesses;
It is an idea that possesses the mind.

When spider webs unites,
they can tie up a Lion.

The winds and waves are
always on the side of
the Ablest Navigator.

You always pass failures on the way to success.

Life can only be understood backwards,
but it must be lived forward.

Zeal without knowledge is
fire without light.

'Hope' is pleasant acquaintance,
but unsafe friend.

Winning isn't everything.
But wanting to win should be the only thing.

Quotable Quotes :

I don't measure a man’s success by how high he climbs

but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
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Sucess is a journey, not a destination
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If we take care of the minutes,
the years will take care of themselves
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Failure is only an opportunity to begin again more intelligently
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The difference between perseverance & obstinacy is that
one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
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Sucess demands singleness of purpose
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It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose your cow.
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If man can take mouldy bread & make pencilin out of it,
just think what an awesome god can make out of you
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Opportunity is missed by many
because
it is dressed in overalls & looks like work.
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Both faith & fear may sail into ur harbour, but allow only faith 2 drop
anchor
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It is not what you do once in a while,
it is what you do day in & day out that makes the difference.
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
Nothing can b done without hope & confidence
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It is better to be faithful than famous
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Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed 2 convert a tiresome duty
into intersting opportunity
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The work of today is the history of tomorrow & we are its makers
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Fix you eyes forward on what you can do,
not back on what you cannot change
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Praying is not conquering gods reluctance,
but taking hold of gods willingness
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U may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
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A champion is someone who gets up, even when he can't.
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Time is what we want most , but we use worst.
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Reality Bites : Kannadasan Quote

Beautiful Quote on Carry Bag !!!

While whiling away time at Changi Airport, Singapore - I happen to step into a book store. I bought a book titled "Unstoppable". After settling down on the flight, I pulled out the book from my hand baggage. Only then I realized the carry bag in which the book was sold to me - had much deeper meaning. I thought of publishing the same for readers interest

Quotes to quote

"If you didn't know how old you are,
how old do you think you would be?'"

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"There is no point in going into a business
unless
you can make a radical difference in other people's lives,"
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Corporate Quotes:

"I don't believe in taking right decisions.
I take decisions and then make them right"
– Ratan TATA


"The organisational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two don't count. So if I lose one or two legs, the process will go on, the organisation will go on, the growth will go on. – Mukesh D Ambani

"Demands do not go up or down - they are constantly there. Often, you feel you are doing too much." – Chanda Kochar, ICICI Bank

"You can't manufacture culture. Culture builds in an organisation over a period of time. And the tone at the top must be integrity and value systems." – Deepak Parekh, HDFC Group

There is a degree of freedom that creates aspiration – Anand Mahindra

"It is giving back to society and helping society get better so that your business ultimately flourishes even better in the long term." – Adi Godrej

"To build a successful business, you have to be able to pick entrepreneurs very early and get them embedded into the business. They need to go out into the ecosystem, demonstrate their abilities, nurture the business and build it up" – KV Kamath, Ex ICICI, Chairman-Infosys

Quotes Collection

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.     -     H Jackson Brown.

Being challenged in life is inevitable.
But being defeated is Optional.
 – Roger Crawford

An Expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. – Niels Bohr

As soon as you trust yourself,
you will know how to live.
 – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Striving for excellence motivates you;
Striving for perfection demoralizes you.
– Harriet Braiker

Whatever you believe with feeling,
becomes your reality.
– Brian Tracy

We are all in the gutter,
but some of us are looking at the stars.
– Oscar Wilde

"Tact" is the art of making a point
without making an enemy.
 – Sir Isaac Newton

If your plan isn’t working,
adjust your plan.
Never give up.
– Matt Martin

Focus on where you want to go,
not on what you fear.
 – Anthony Robbins

The Wisest man follow their own direction. – Euripides

The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Weak desire brings weak results.
 – Napoleon Hill

Only those who will risk going too far
can possibly find out
how far can one go.
– T.S.Elliot

We are still masters of our fate.
We are still captains of our soul.
– Winston Churchill

Don’t go into business to get rich.
Do it to enrich people.
It will come back to you.
– Stew Leonard

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself,
you have not planned enough.
– Meddigo Message

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration . – Thomas Edison

Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today.
It’s already tomorrow in Australia.
– Charles Schulz

Success or failure is caused
more by mental attitude
than by mental capacity.
– Walter Scott

Only those who attempt the absurd
– will achieve the impossible.
– M.C.Escher

People don’t care how much you know,
until they know how much you care. – Mark Twain

"A wish is a desire without energy" – Parahamsa Yogananda

It is how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. – David Feherty

Do your work with all your heart and you will succeed. – Elbert Hubbard

The greatest danger for most of us is
not that we aim too high and we miss it,
but we aim too low and reach it.
– Michelangelo

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. – King Solomon

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. – Benjamin Franklin

In the middle of difficulty
lies opportunity.
 - Albert Einstein

If opportunity doesnot knock, build a door. – Milton Berle

Cleverness is not wisdom. – Euripides

The bad news is Time Flies.
The good news is you are the pilot.
– Michael Althsuler

A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men. – Thomas Carlyle.

How far that little candle throws his beam.
So shines a good deed in a weary world
– Shakespeare


Motivation is what gets you started.
Habit is what keeps you going.
– Jim Rohn

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence.
It is to act with yesterday’s logic.
–Peter Drucker

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. – Harry F Banks

To create something you must be something. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The secret of success is to know something , nobody else knows. – Aristotle Onassis

You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might. – Henry David Thoreau

Every exit is an entry somewhere else. – Tom Stoppard

Destiny is not a matter of change, but a matter of choice. – William Jennings

The greatest happiness is to transform ones feelings into action. – Madame Destael

Chance favours those in motion. – James Austin

The more reasons you have for achieving your goal, the more determines you will become. – Brian Tracy

Winter always turns into spring. – Nichiren

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it. – Winston Churchill.

If you have time to whine and complain about something, then you have the time to do something about it. – Anthony J D’Angelo

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. – Lao Tzu

Whenever you see a successful business,
someone once made a courageous decision. – Peter Drucker.

Anyone who angers you conquers you. – Elizabeth Kenny

Simplicity is not a simple thing. – Charles Chaplin

Write it on your heart,
that every day is the best day in the year.
 – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Success and achievements are two different things.
Infact the definition of failure can be : Dared to succeed yet achieved nothing.

I do not repeate successes; I like to go on to other things. – Walt Disney

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is LOVE. – Socrates

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. – Pultrach

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try and cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain

Take time for all things. Great haste makes great waste. – Benjamin Franklin

Doing your best is more important than being your best. – Shannon Miller

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one’s life. – Dalai Lama

Whereever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius

They always say time changes things. But you actually have to change them yourself. – Andy Warhol

Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are. – August W Hare.

One who fears failure limits his activities. – Henry Ford

Mistakes are painful when they happen.
But years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
– Denis Waitley

If anything is worth doing,
do it with all your heart. – Buddha

All great achievements have one thing in common:
People with a passion to succeed.
– Pat cash

The human race is governed by its imagination. – Napoleon Bonaparte

"It's never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot

"Do not dwell in the past,
do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment." - Buddha

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

The most certain way to succeed
is always to try JUST one more time."
- Thomas Alva Edison

"Learning without thought is labor lost;
thought without learning is perilous."
- Confucius

"The best bridge between despair and hope is
A good night's sleep."
- E. Joseph Cossman

Management is : Doing Things Right.
Leadership is : Doing Right Things.
 - Peter Drucker

Your attitude is either
The Lock
or
The Key
to the door of Success.

Absence sharpens Love.
Presence Strengthens it. - Benjamin Franklin

A man is but the product of his thoughts,
What he things, he becomes. - Mahatma Gandhi

If you really want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an execuse.
- Jim Rohn

Look deep into nature,
and you will understand everything better.
 - Albert Einstin

Happiness is when
What you think,
what you say
and what you do are in harmony.
- Mahatma Gandhi

A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself. - Frank Crane

We cannot do everything at once.
But we can do something at once.
- Calvin Coolidge

Honest Truth

Facts of Life

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