Wisdom Comes from Experience: This quote represents a certain amount of irony but I cannot find a truer one for the quote of the day section today. I’ve often debated this thought in my head about experience vs wisdom. I hate making mistakes – particularly the ones that have a negative impact on me. Even with that, I can look back at my experiences and can see quite a few of them which are great learning experiences!
Dreams are not those which come while sleeping: Today’s inspiration is a brilliant quote from Abdul Kalam about dreams. As you know by now, I get carried away by quotes about dreams and passion. Abdul Kalam’s quotes consistently seem to have that effect on me.
Difficulties in your life do not come to destroy you: Our difficulties don’t have a vendetta to chase you and to bring you to your knees. We are all born with a few challenges and opportunities. And there’s no saying when they will stop – but these difficulties have a reason. Sometimes, they test us and check whether we are ready for the journey ahead. No worthwhile goal was ahcieved through ease.
Each of these goals are difficult and perhaps we value them so much only because we achieved them through so many challenges. The most important thing to remember is that these difficulties in your life do not come to destroy you. They don’t care so much about you to make it personal. They will challenge you and make you doubt yourself. But you have to find a way to stand tall and face these challenges in life
Don’t read success stories: This is one of my favourite quotes from Abdul Kalam. It talks about the value of these failure stories that gives us so much more than inspiration. I don’t deny the value of inspiration. In fact, I’m one of the biggest fans of anything that inspires us. However, this quote talks about the value and inspiration in failure stories too. The success stories tell us that something is possible. It makes us dream, feel inspired and find the motivation to do something about these dreams or thoughts.
The failure stories are about caution, being realistic and recognising that some of the success stories may not be as realistic as they sound. The success stories we hear tend to ignore some of the hardships people have gone through. These stories create an impression that success might be easy. The failure stories however are more valuable because they show where we can go wrong and what we can do about it. We don’t need to repeat the same mistakes as others. We can learn from these mistakes and learn to become better and protect ourselves from some failures.
Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today, meaning: This quote is all about regrets and moving forward in life. Although we’re aware of quotes that say live life without regrets, I believe regrets are valuable. Yesterday is a beautiful reality that keeps telling us something. It is feedback to use for our future and move ahead with life. Yes, we shouldn’t dwell in the past. By that, I mean don’t worry about what has happened – worry about how to move forward from it.