This category is all about inspirational quotes and powerful words for our everyday lives. Sometimes, I touted them as thought for the day. But these quotes have a powerful way of shaping our thoughts. It is a collection of ideas, powerful words from famous personalities that continue to inspire us. Most of these quotes are specific to the day and time when they occurred. But they carry a strong message to this day and help us frame our worldview.
We have so many lessons to learn from these wonderful people. The inspirational quotes act as a way of providing a window to their lives and our own. The purpose of these quotes is to make us question ourselves, pause, think and reflect. Ultimately, these quotes must inspire us, question and point us in the right direction. The meaning of these quotes goes well beyond the words into emotions and the actions that we take
Growth is painful change is painful: I love this quote by Narayana Murthy that talks about the pains of staying stuck vs growing. I should point out that there’s pain on either side – whether we change or stay stuck. The choice is ultimately ours to decide what we do about this pain. Growth is … Read more
Listen to the best advice: Both giving and listening to advice are hard work. It puts an unfair amount of stress on the person giving you advice. And for the one taking it, we don’t always know what the advice giver feels if we don’t take their advice. See, this has already started getting complicated. … Read more
Do we stop to consider – are we living every moment of our life with concentration and deriving joy from all these actions without feeling rushed or pressured? Of course, there will be distractions to take us away – these can be goals, pressures and work deadlines. But at each fleeting moment, this time we have is gone and left us. The least we can do is to make the best out of it.
I stumbled upon a thought-provoking quote on Twitter today. It poses a question: what’s the first thing we do when something goes wrong? We might feel frustrated, disappointed, or even angry that our plans have gone awry. We might throw our hands up in the air and exclaim, “This isn’t fair!” It might sound a bit dramatic, but I’m sure we’ve all felt that way at some point.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness, Hate cannot drive out hate: An inspiring quote about kindness, love and human connection by Martin Luther King. The central theme of this quote – darkness cannot drive out darkness is in the meaning we associate with emotions such as hatred, negativity, anger and bitterness. On the opposite side, we … Read more