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.
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard”. The talk is about the power of hard work, perseverance and grit through difficult circumstances. It conflicts with the question of when to give up. Although the traditional answer would say – never give up, we ought to learn and identify when something no longer makes sense to us. However, if you still feel passionate about something and that deserves a chance – hard work surely paves a way for the future.
What’s the best way for us to use this to give us the most benefit? This is nothing but time management, but just being completely aware and conscious of how precious this is. Also, we associate spending with money. Turn that around and think about investing time to grow and achieve your long term success.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself: A beautiful quote by Swami Vivekananda impressing the power of self belief and confidence. I’m a huge fan of understanding how our beliefs shape us and continue to help us grow. In this article, we talk about the meaning of this quote, atheism, self-belief and how we grow our confidence continually.
Meaning of Atheist
An Atheist means or refers to someone who doesn’t believe in god. I admit that it is a wider debate and probably even foolish of me to venture into a debate about god. But, I’ll focus on Vivekananda’s quote about the meaning of an Atheist. The whole point about god, higher power or even belief about someone else vanishes when we begin to doubt ourselves.
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
