Talent is God-given; be humble

God loves to see in me, not his servant, but himself who serves all. - Tagore

Shiva and Parvati
"Success builds character. Failure reveals it." ~Dave Checketts

Helen Keller

# Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ~ Helen Keller

Burj Khalifa
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules- George Bernard Shaw

Lesley Heague re-enacts the famous rose petal scene from American Beauty for boyfriend Luke Scrase

Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire.
- Omar Khayyam


"To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not even turn out to be the greatest blessing of human beings. And yet people fear it as if they knew for certain it is the greatest evil." --Socrates

Popularity is fleeting...it's not real. George W. Bush, speaking at a motivational conference WP

"Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful." - John Wooden


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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness - James Thurber


# Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. ~ Thomas A. Bennett

# You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?’ ~ George Bernard Shaw
# To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


# Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today. ~ James Dean
# People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. ~ Elizabeth Kubler Ross
# A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion. ~Evander Holyfield
# First say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do. ~Epictetus
# There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.~ Mark Twain



# If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it. ~ William Arthur Ward
# A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. ~ Maya Angelou
# Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. ~ Henry Ford
# Every artist was first an amateur. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
# Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden


# You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions. ~ Adlin Sinclair
# If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
# What ever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. ~ Napolean Hill
# The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that you've just done something as well as you can do it. ~ Lloyd Dobens
# Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful. ~ Mark Victor Hansen


Buddha shaped pears
Buddha shaped pears are seen in an orchard in Weixian county, Hebei province September 10, 2009. Hao Xianzhang, a local famer, spent six years to perfect the process by growing the pears inside moulds, local media reported. The pears cost around 50 yuan (7.32 USD) each. Picture taken September 10, 200

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