Who said Everyone you meet is fighting a battle? Among multiple attributions to Ian Maclaren, Robin Williams and Plato, we understand the importance of kindness and empathy in this quote to connect with people around us
Don’t read success stories: This is perhaps my favourite quote by Abdul Kalam that packs a sense of reality into the romantic world of success. Most motivational quotes we read talk about perseverance, fighting hard and winning despite the odds. However, we miss out on the beauty of failures because a failure is treated as … Read more
Every pain gives a lesson and every lesson changes a person: A beautiful quote by Abdul Kalam about pain and suffering. In this quote, there are two powerful parts – the lessons from pain and how we change. The most important questions to ask and identify are – how is your pain changing you? Are you ok with this change? Although we’re not in control of some outcomes, what we do about them is always our choice.
In this article, we will talk about the motto of international women’s day. We also have a small collection of powerful quotes to remember this day. These quotes are from some incredible characters who have shaped this world and continue to move our thoughts. Hope you find this collection inspirational.
Meaning of Richard Branson’s quote inspiring us to think big and beyond our limitations of what dreams can be to expand our horizons beyond fears and limiting factors
Making mistakes is better than faking perfection: This quote is a beautiful reminder about the perils of perfection. It also opens a debate about progress vs perfection and why being perfect is bad. As much as I like the idea of perfection, it is stressful and unrealistic. The most important point is that it doesn’t allow us to make mistakes and learn from them. The beauty of making mistakes is in learning from feedback and finding ways to move forward. It supports the idea of growth, not obsessing over mistakes and finding the strength to move forward.
It happens unconsciously, yet a powerful way of massaging our own ego. It is scary if we try to understand the reasons why we try to do this. Hence, a powerful reminder about judging people because if we keep judging them, we have very little time to love them.
Meaning of Do Not Judge me by my Successes – Success has a bad habit of painting a rosy picture. And somehow we belong to a culture where failures are brutally criticised and successes hailed to glory. However, at the core of it – these are merely outcomes. The successes manifest as favourable ones while the failures don’t. Ultimately both success and failure have a message for us.
Failures are hard to deal with. It is worse when you start worrying about your emotional connections to an outcome. The results will do enough to hurt us and make us feel sad. If we start worrying about letting ourselves or others down and move into the rabbit hole of an emotional conundrum, there’s no hope for success.
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!