Religious

  • Oh God, grant me the serenity to accept that which I cannot change, the courage to change that which I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Serenity Prayer said by Alcoholics - Annonymous Community Worldwide
  • "One may bath in holy Ganga, observe all austerities, make lavish gifts. Yet all faiths agree that none of these will bring liberation, not even in hundred lives, if one does not find true knowledge" - Bhaja Govindam
  • "Let me not remain under the belief that this transient world of illusion, my wife and relatives, my dear and near ones, the mansion I own, the prosperous town I live, the glitter and affluence I see around will be enduring for ever. Let not my mind hover around these unreal objects. Grant me such an avocation I always sing your glory and that which gives me ever lasting happiness" - Thiruppugazh
  • "Just as bees hover around the flowers to imbibe the honey, I pray that my mind should always centre around your Lotus Feet"
  • He whose mind is free from ego, pride and anger, who chants the holy name of the Lord with love and devotion, adheres to the principles of truth and serves humanity without any bias or difference is the true devotee.
  • "The Supreme Self is beyond name and form, beyond the senses, inexhaustible and immutable without beginning and without end, beyond time and space. He who realizes the ‘Self’ is ever free"- Kathopanishad
  • "When the end comes near, the body loses its strength, the power of thinking fades away and words refuses to come out. There will be no one to turn to. I may not even of think of You at that time. I pray now itself, Oh Guha, stand by me at that hour of need" - Subramania Bhujangam
  • Taking births after births and dying time and again, coming through the mother’s womb again and again. It is difficult to cross this ocean of birth and death. Save me from this tides, Oh Merciful Lord"- Bhujangam
  • "In the midst of death, life persists In the midst of untruth, truth persists In the midst of darkness, light persists Therefore I gather God is life, God is truth and God is light"- Mahatma Gandhi
  • God is the inexplicable, inexpressible essence of love to be known and experienced but never defined.
  • Religion binds man to God and man to man
  • Spirituality is enhancing your perception of life from its origin to its ultimate
  • Good life is one guided by knowledge and inspired by love.
  • If we cannot love the person we see, how can we love God whom we cannot see? - Mother Teresa
  • God always gives His best to those who leave the choice to Him
  • The prayer of a pure heart never goes unheard.
  • A person who is more spiritual and less religious is nearer to God than the one who is more religious and less spiritual.
  • A pilgrim’s progress is assessed from the extent of renunciation he has attained.
  • He who finds his happiness in service, his joy in giving, He who is enlightened within, that Yogin becomes divine and attains Brahmanirvana"- Bhagawat Gita
  • You cannot give away kindness. It will always come back to you.
  • Some men never speak a wise word; yet do wisely Some do never a wise deed and yet speak wisely.
  • He who conquers others is strong but he who conquers himself is enlightened.
  • "Devotion to God increases in the same proportion as attachment to sense objects decreases." - Sri Ramakrishna

Inspirational:

  • A wonderful realization will be the day you realize that you are unique in the entire world. There is nothing that is an accident. You are a special combination for a purpose and do not let them tell you otherwise. You are that special combination so that you can do what is essential for you to do. Do not ever believe that you have nothing to contribute. The world is an incredible unfulfilled tapestry. You and you alone can fulfill that tiny space that is yours.
  • "I am a great believer in luck I find the harder I work the more luck I become" - Thomas Jefferson.
  • It is by what we ourselves have done and not by what others have done for us that we shall be remembered for ages.
  • If you think you can do a thing, you are right. If you think you cannot do a thing, you are right.
  • The best thing parents can do for their children is to let them love each other
  • Life is a compromise of what your ego wants you to do, what experience tells you to do and what nerves let you do.
  • People can be divided into three groups: Those who watch things happen, those who wonder what happens and those who make things happen.
  • Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them is superior to circumstances.
  • A calendar is a reminder of how late we are from our achievements.
  • Whoever thy offender may be, forget thy anger for, from anger springs a multitude of ills.
  • A winner sees an answer for every problem; a loser sees a problem with every answer. Winner says it may be difficult but possible, loser says it may be possible but difficult. Winner always has a programme, loser always has an excuse. Winner says let me do it for you; loser says it is not my job.
  • Know that it is your conscious decisions, not your conditions that determine your destiny.
  • Everyone has beauty, not everyone sees it
  • Doing easily what others find difficult is talent Doing what is impossible for talent is genius
  • Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
  • The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
  • If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
  • The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched but only felt in heart.
  • All our problems are the direct result of knowing or trying to know everything else except one’s self
  • Growing older is mandatory Growing up is optional
  • It is better to look forward and prepare than look back and regret
  • One who knows speaks not, one who speaks knows not
  • It is bad to fail; but it is worse to have never tried.
  • If your life is free of failures, you are not taking enough risks.
  • A tongue is a wet place and is liable to slip.
  • Speeches are like babies, easy to conceive but hard to deliver
  • "In a day you do not come across any problem, you can be sure you are on the wrong path." - Vivekananda
  • "Winning does not always mean being first. Winning means you are doing better than you have been doing before" - Bonnie Blair
  • "I will not say I failed thousand times, I will say there are thousand ways that can cause failure" - Thomas Edison
  • "Everyone thinks of changing the world, no one thinks of changing himself." - Leo Tolstoy
  • It is a funny thing about life. If you accept nothing but the best, you very often get it.
  • Today is important because you are exchanging it for a day of your precious life.
  • An error becomes a mistake when you refuse to correct it.
  • It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice.
  • Believing everybody is dangerous; believing nobody is very dangerous
  • "If someone thinks he has not made any mistake in life, it means he has never tried a new thing in life" - Einstein
  • A man should never be ashamed to own up his mistakes. It is like saying he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
  • Knowing your own strength is a fine thing. Recognizing your own weakness is even better. What is really bad is mistaking a weakness for strength.
  • Forgive many things in others and nothing in yourself.
  • There is no revenge as effective as forgiveness.
  • Disappointments are like road humps; they slow you down a bit but you enjoy the smooth road afterwards. Do not stay on the humps too long. Move on.
  • As one thinks, so does he become
  • To be conscious that you are ignorant is itself a great step towards knowledge.
  • When we criticize another person, it says nothing about that person. It merely says something about our own need to be critical.
  • He who has no peace of mind feels an offence and he whose mind is at peace, feels it not.
  • He who knows others is learned and he who knows himself is enlightened.
  • The half knowledge speaks, the full knowledge listens

Happiness:

  • The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes but in liking what one has to do.
  • That man is happy whose body is healthy, mind is noble and soul is peaceful.
  • Do not complain about darkness; try light a candle

Love:

  • Love gives not but itself, takes not but itself, Love possesses not nor would it be possessed for, love is sufficient unto love."
  • Everyone needs to be loved; even those who do not deserve it.
  • Man falls in love by eyes woman falls in love with ears.
  • If you start judging people, you will have no time to love them
  • Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who said it unless it agrees with your own reason and your own commonsense.
  • The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide that your problems are your own. You do not blame them on others. You control your own destiny.
  • Watch your thoughts, they become your words Watch your words; they become your actions Watch your actions; they become your habits Watch your habits, they become your character Watch your character; it becomes your destiny

Friendship:

  • Even when 99% of people hurt you, it is the 1% that loves you that makes your life worthwhile.
  • Friends laugh at your silliest jokes, put up with your worst moves, go along with your crazy ideas and yet see the best in you.
  • It takes a lot of understanding, time and trust to gain a close friendship with someone. As you approach a time of complete uncertainty in your life, it is the friends who prove to be a solid asset.
  • A friend is somebody you want to be around when you feel like being by yourself
  • True friend is one who loves you not ‘because of .’ what you are but ‘inspite of’ being what you are.
  • Count your age with friends and not years.
  • A friend is someone who walks in when the rest walks out.
  • It is only the friend who asks "How are you"? and waits for an answer.
  • It is only the friend who knows you but loves you anyway
  • It is only the friend who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success
  • Do not walk in front of me. I may not follow. Do not walk behind me; I may not lead. Walk beside me as my friend.
  • Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies would never believe it

Education:

  • It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
  • Education has produced a vast number of population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading - G.M. Trevelyan
  • It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
  • "Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man." Swamy Vivekananda.
  • Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things and small people talk about others.
  • The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
  • The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
  • Ethical sublimity is the mark of an educated man; ethical depravity is the mark of an uneducated. All other distinctions are irrelevant.

HUMOUR IN GENERAL:

  • "I did not attend his funeral but I sent a nice letter with wreath saying that I approved of it." A Famous Politician.
  • "I am enclosing two tickets for the first night of my play" George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill, "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one" Churchill.
  • Lady Astor once remarked to Churchill at a dinner party: "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee" Winston: "Madam, if I were your husband, I would gladly drink it"
  • "I have just learned about his illness. Let us hope it is nothing trivial" - Irvin S Cobb.
  • A politician is one who has the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year and the ability afterwards to explain why it did not happen."