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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore that all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

—Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw

Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you. I can assert without fear of contradiction that the quality of the Indian mind is equal to the quality of any Teutonic, Nordic or Anglo-Saxon mind. What we lack is perhaps courage … We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun

"My mother had given me an advice. ‘Son, in your entire lifetime, if you can save or better someone else’s life, your birth as a human being and your life is a success. You have the blessing of the Almighty God.’ —M.K. Gandhi"

If the amount of information in science doubles every nine months and decays at 30 per cent a year, how long does one's expertise last? Without constantly updating your knowledge base you could end up with as little as 15 per cent of your technical knowledge relevant within just five years. However, when you can google just about anything, knowledge acquisition becomes more important than knowledge retention. —Liz W.

"It is rare to be born as a human being
It is still more rare to be born without any deformity Even if you are born without any deformity It is rare to acquire knowledge and education Even if one could acquire knowledge and education It is still rare to offer service to mankind And contemplate on higher self. If one leads such a selfless divine life The gates of heaven open to greet such an evolved soul. —Avvaiyar"

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore that all progress depends on the unreasonable man. —Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw"