People will forget what you said: This article is a short debate on the meaning of Maya Angelou’s quote, People will forget what you said. This quote can be used in the context of networking, relationship building or being empathetic to people. Most often communication is misquoted to be about words. The danger however is that people forget that communication is with a purpose. If you’re too focused on delivery, then you miss its impact.
Have courage to trust love: Love is hard, painful and yet beautiful. We simply can’t live without it but there are times when it feels like we can’t live with it either. The main thing in this quote is that love tests us – constantly questioning our trust and to do something good and right
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
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.
There’s everything to love about this quote – the simplicity, aspiration and a desire to constantly learn. We belong to a generation where talent is often viewed as the number one thing. Sometimes, this extra focus on talent makes us forget things like hard work, taking feedback and continuously growing. We have numerous examples of
