Roopkumar Balachandran > Roopkumar's Quotes

“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
― Malcolm X

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
― Carl Sagan

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

“Study the past if you would define the future. --CONFUCIUS”
― Steve Berry, The Emperor's Tomb

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”
― Christopher Reeve

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
― Christopher Reeve

“Once you choose hope, anything's possible.”
― Christopher Reeve

“I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.”
― Christopher Reeve

“A hero is an ordinary person doing things in an extra ordinary way.”
― Christopher Reeve

“Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.”
― Christopher Reeve

“there is a relationship between the mind and the body that can both create a physical condition and enable us to recover from it”
― Christopher Reeve, Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life

“Either you choose to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out into the ocean.”
― Christopher Reeve

“We all have many more abilities and internal resources than we know. My advice is that you don't need to break your neck to find out about them.”
― Christopher Reeve

“A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.”
― Christopher Reeve

“I have to stop this cascade of memories, or at least take them out of their drawer only for a moment, have a brief look, and put them back. I know how to do it now: I have to take the key to acting and apply it to my life. There is no other way to survive except to be in the moment. Just as my accident and its aftermath caused me to redefine what a hero, I've had to take a hard look at what it means to live as fully as possible in the present. How do you survive in the moment when it's bleak and painful and the past seems so seductive?”
― Christopher Reeve, Still Me

“As Christopher Reeve once said, so many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”
― Jinx Schwartz, Just Add Water

“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

“Reading brings us unknown friends”
― Honore de Balzac

“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”
― Frank Herbert

“Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.”
― Sue Grafton

“Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.”
― Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero

“You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.”
― Vandana Shiva

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
― Ian Fleming

“You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face”
― Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice

“I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.”
― Ian Fleming, Goldfinger