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“The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.”
― Carroll Bryant

“When people say they hate life, to what are they comparing it to? The alternative isn't any more appealing.”
― Carroll Bryant

“Disappointment will come when your effort does not give you the expected return. If things don’t go as planned or if you face failure. Failure is extremely difficult to handle, but those that do come out stronger. What did this failure teach me? is the question you will need to ask. You will feel miserable. You will want to quit, like I wanted to when nine publishers rejected my first book. Some IITians kill themselves over low grades – how silly is that? But that is how much failure can hurt you. But it’s life. If challenges could always be overcome, they would cease to be a challenge. And remember – if you are failing at something, that means you are at your limit or potential. And that’s where you want to be.
Disappointment’ s cousin is Frustration, the second storm. Have you ever been frustrated? It happens when things are stuck. This is especially relevant in India. From traffic jams to getting that job you deserve, sometimes things take so long that you don’t know if you chose the right goal. After books, I set the goal of writing for Bollywood, as I thought they needed writers. I am called extremely lucky, but it took me five years to get close to a release. Frustration saps excitement, and turns your initial energy into something negative, making you a bitter person. How did I deal with it? A realistic assessment of the time involved – movies take a long time to make even though they are watched quickly, seeking a certain enjoyment in the process rather than the end result – at least I was learning how to write scripts, having a side plan – I had my third book to write and even something as simple as pleasurable distractions in your life – friends, food, travel can help you overcome it. Remember, nothing is to be taken seriously. Frustration is a sign somewhere, you took it too seriously.”
― Chetan Bhagat

“There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.”
― Albert Camus

“Human evolution has two steps -
from being somebody to being nobody;
and from being nobody to being everybody.
This knowledge can bring
sharing and caring throughout the world.”
― Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

“We can't know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.”
― E. Lockhart, The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.”
― H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“You have to be able to recognize your truths in the daylight before you can find them in the dark.”
― Kelli Jae Baeli, Immortality or Something Like It

“You're too young to decide to live forever.”
― Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

“If 'seeing is believing' what happened to taste, touch, sound and smell ? Did our creator really intend to favour sight over the other senses ? I don't believe so.”
― Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe

“There is nothing like a crisis to define who you are.”
― Dexter Morgan

“Be wise today so you don't cry tomorrow.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri

“It is not the truth that people cannot handle. It is the consequences that stem from that truth.”
― J. K. Miller II, Reborn

“A soul trembling to sit by a hearth so bright,
To exist again, it’s enough if I borrow from
Your lips the breath of my name you murmur all night.”
― Stéphane Mallarme

“Give us everything we ask for and suddenly it's too much.”
― Mark Lawrence, The Liar's Key

“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”
― St. Thomas Aquinas

“There is a light within our soul that burns brighter than the sun. And we ignore it.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“He who hesitates is lost.”
― Cato

“You can't do that, it makes too much sense.”
― Daven Anderson

“It's always better to be kind than right.”
― Ricardo Chévere

“Life is a dream from which there is but one awakening.”
― Jack Sanger, Azimuth: The Second Journey

“Our thoughts shape us. We become our obsessions. Our thoughts can enslave us or save us.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Expressing doubt is how we begin a journey to discover essential truths.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Disappointment is a blessing. If you were never disappointed, you'd never know what was important to you.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“Do not afraid of your previous mistakes, try to fix them.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih, The Revealed Sense

“There is ONE difference between a successful and unsuccessful people.
There is ONE difference between happy and unhappy people.
There is ONE difference between wise and unwise people.
There is ONE difference between achievers and non-achievers.
And that ONE difference is the BEHAVIOUR of an individual.
It is neither your education nor your wealth or social status but your BEHAVIOUR that decides your happiness, success and wisdom. Mind your behaviour and it will take care of everything else.”
― Sanjeev Himachali

“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. - Denis Waitley.”
― Denis Waitley

“It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.”
― Epictetus

“Do a bit research before you plan.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih, The Revealed Sense

“There is always a choice. Always. So do not say, you had no choice. Good or bad, doing it or not, is about you, not choices. Always.”
― Fakeer Ishavardas