THE BLOSSOM

LITTLE think'st thou, poor flower,

Whom I've watch'd six or seven days,

And seen thy birth, and seen what every hour

Gave to thy growth, thee to this height to raise,

And now dost laugh and triumph on this bough,

Little think'st thou,

That it will freeze anon, and that I shall

To-morrow find thee fallen, or not at all.

Little think'st thou, poor heart,

That labourest yet to nestle thee,

And think'st by hovering here to get a part

In a forbidden or forbidding tree,

And hopest her stiffness by long siege to bow,

Little think'st thou

That thou to-morrow, ere the sun doth wake,

Must with the sun and me a journey take.

But thou, which lovest to be

Subtle to plague thyself, wilt say,

Alas ! if you must go, what's that to me?

Here lies my business, and here I will stay

You go to friends, whose love and means present

Various content

To your eyes, ears, and taste, and every part ;

If then your body go, what need your heart?

Well then, stay here ; but know,

When thou hast stay'd and done thy most,

A naked thinking heart, that makes no show,

Is to a woman but a kind of ghost.

How shall she know my heart ; or having none,

Know thee for one?

Practice may make her know some other part ;

But take my word, she doth not know a heart.

Meet me in London, then,

Twenty days hence, and thou shalt see

Me fresher and more fat, by being with men,

Than if I had stay'd still with her and thee.

For God's sake, if you can, be you so too ;

I will give you

There to another friend, whom we shall find

As glad to have my body as my mind.

....................By John Donne

My Country

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The Impossible Dream

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest, to follow the star
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right without question or pause

To be willing to pass into hell for a heavenly cause
And know if I'll only be true to the glorious quest
That my heart lies peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest
And the world will be better for this
That one man scorned and covered in scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest, to follow the star
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right without question or pause
And to dream the impossible dream

—Don Quiote from Man of La Mancha

The Best Within You!

In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are at its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved his title. Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it's yours.

—Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Take Time Take Time

Take time to work—
It is the price of success.

Take time to think—
It is the source of power.

Take time play—
It is the secret of perpetual youth.

Take time to read—
It is the fountain of wisdom.

Take time to be friendly—
It is the road to happiness.

Take time to love and to be loved—
It is nourishment for the soul.

Take time to share—
It is too short a life to be selfish.

Take time to laugh—
It is the music of the heart.

Take time to dream—
It is hitching your wagon to a star.

—author unknown

The Uncommon Man

I do not choose to be a common man.
It is my right to be uncommon—if I can.

I seek opportunity, not security.
I do not wish to be a kept citizen,
humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk,
to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.

I refuse to barter incentive for a dole.
I prefer the challenges of life to a guaranteed existence,
the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of Utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence,
nor dignity for a handout.

It is my heritage to think and to act for myself,
enjoy the benefit of my creations, and to face the world boldly
and say, "With God's help, this I have done."

—author unknown

The Victor

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will.
It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are.
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

—C.W. Longenecker

Good Enough

My child, beware of “good enough,”
It isn’t made of sterling stuff;
It’s something anyone can do;
It marks the many from the few.
The flaw which may escape the eye
And temporarily get by
Shall weaken underneath the strain
And wreck the ship, the car or plane.
With “good enough,” the car breaks down,
And one falls short of high renown.
My child, remember and be wise,
In “good enough,” disaster lies.
With “good enough,” the failures rest
And lose the one who gives the best.
Who stops at “good enough” shall find
Success has left them far behind.
For this is true of you and your stuff— Only the best is “good enough.”

—author unknown

THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE:

Living on Earth is expensive,
but it does include a free trip
around the sun every year.

How long a minute is depends on
what side of the bathroom door you're on.

Birthdays are good for you;
the more you have, the longer you live.

Happiness comes through doors
you didn't even know you left open.

Ever notice that the people who are late
are often much jollier than the people
who have to wait for them?

Most of us go to our grave with
our music still inside of us.

If Wal-Mart is lowering prices every day,
how come nothing is free yet?

You may be only one person in the world,
but you may also be the world to one person.

Some mistakes are too much
fun to only make once.

Don't cry because it's over;
smile because it happened.

We could learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp, some are pretty,
some are dull, some have weird names,
and all are different colors....
but they all exist very nicely in the same box.

A truly happy person is one
who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Working for God on earth does not pay much,
but His Retirement plan is out of this world.

Have an awesome day, and
know that someone
who thinks you're great
has thought about you today!..

Billu Bhai Bole

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair -- get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping -- they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8:Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the lightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

EASY ....... DIFFICULT

Easy is to get a place in someone's address book.
Difficult is to get a place in someone's heart.

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others
Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes

Easy is to talk without thinking
Difficult is to refrain the tongue

Easy is to hurt someone who loves us.
Difficult is to heal the wound...

Easy is to forgive others
Difficult is to ask for forgiveness

Easy is to set rules.
Difficult is to follow them...

Easy is to dream every night.
Difficult is to fight for a dream...

Easy is to show victory.
Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity...

Easy is to admire a full moon.
Difficult to see the other side...

Easy is to stumble with a stone.
Difficult is to get up...

Easy is to enjoy life every day.
Difficult to give its real value...

Easy is to promise something to someone.
Difficult is to fulfill that promise...

Easy is to say we love.
Difficult is to show it every day...

Easy is to criticize others.
Difficult is to improve oneself...

Easy is to make mistakes.
Difficult is to learn from them...

Easy is to weep for a lost love.
Difficult is to take care of it so not to lose it.

Easy is to think about improving.
Difficult is to stop thinking it and put it into action...

Easy is to think bad of others
Difficult is to give them the benefit of the doubt...

Easy is to receive
Difficult is to give

Easy to read this
Difficult to follow

Easy is keep the friendship with words
Difficult is to keep it with meanings.

Waiting

Sir John Lubbock

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

How much of human life is lost in waiting?

Peter Marshall

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Paul J. Meyer

Opportunities never come to those who wait... they are captured by those who dare to attack.

Orison Swett Marden

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Napoleon Hill

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

John Mason Brown

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

Jean Paul Richter

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.

Jack Canfield

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Time and tide wait for no man.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

He who awaits much can expect little.

Frank C. Bucaro

Don't wait for someone to take you under their wing. Find a good wing and climb up underneath it.

Ezra Pound

A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

How much of human life is lost in waiting?

Benjamin Franklin

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings

Abraham Lincoln

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Benjamin Franklin

If you have time, don't wait for time.

George Eliot

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

Cardinal J. Newman

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

Woodrow T. Wilson

All things come to him who waits - provided he knows what he is waiting for.

Thomas A. Edison

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

All things come round to him who will but wait.