5000 inspiring quotation
PREFACE
Quotation
is a phrase or passage from a book or speech etc., remembered and repeated,
usually with an acknowledgment of its source. Quotations are wisdom in crystal
form, as in the words of Benjamin Disraeli, “the wisdom of the wise and the
experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.” Hence, we can happily
call the quotation as an immortal saying that will enlighten, educate,
entertain, support and encourage our personal growth.Quotations are enjoyed not
merely for own pleasure’s sake,but can be used to add sparkle to your articles,
essays, book,speech, or even everyday talk. A well turned phrase or a striking
wit can create ripples of enjoyment or laughter in an otherwise dull atmosphere
or stale party.A good book of quotations is always a pleasure. This book
contains a collection of nearly 5000 quotations and proverbs meticulously
selected from the best possible sources, ancient as well as modern. These
quotations include the most celebrated lines from Shakespeare and other
literary classics, the Bible, the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Ramayana, and from
the sayings and writings of the great men like Buddha, Guru Nanak, and besides
these, of some unknown butthoughtful writers, too.I owe a large debt to many
authors, writers and publishers,whose quotations I have freely used with their
names, and to them my acknowledgments are still due. Finally, a special word of
sincere thanks to my dear niece Priyanka Choudhry for her general assistance
with proofreading.Should you discover any error in this book, please write to
the publisher or contact at upkarl@sancharnet.in.Jaipur - Radharaman Agarwal
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5000 inspiring quotation |
This
book has been planned and organised with much care to enhance effect in your
self-worth, self growth, self-confidence and, above all, self-improvement that
will help you stay positive on all occasions.A wide range of subjects are
grouped together for quotes containing similar words, or themes — for example,
Ability, intelligence and talent, action and deeds, appreciation and approval,
character and personality,compliment and praise and so on. Each subject bears
the code number. Quotations are arranged subject-wise (with code number) and
the subjects arranged alphabetically. The subject index given at the beginning
directs you to specific topic with the page numbers on which they appear. Now
you can easily select an appropriate quotation for use on almost any subject.
1. Ability, Intelligence and Talent
(A) Ability:
1.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
-
Napoleon Bonaparte
2. We
judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,
while
others judge us by what we have already done.
-
Longfellow
3. As we
advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
- James
Froude
4.
Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning
by
study.
-
Francis Bacon
5.
Natural ability without education has more often raised a
man to
glory and virtue than education without natural
ability.
- Cicero
6. The
man who can speak acceptable is usually given
credit
for ability out of all proportion to what he really
possesses.
- Dale
Carnegie
7. The
Difference between what we do and what we are
capable
of doing would suffice to solve most of the
world’s
problems.
-
Mahatma Gandhi
8. It is
a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover
ability
in others is the true test.
- Elbert
Hubbard
9.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to
keep you
there.
- John
Wooden
10. A
man may be so much of everything that he ¡s nothing
of
anything.
- Samuel
Johnson
(B)
Intelligence:
11. If
an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do
the same
thing for the same reason, we call ¡t
intelligence.
- Willy
Cuppy
12.
Intelligence is a quickness to apprehend as a distinct
from
ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing
apprehended.
- Alfred
North Whitehead
13. This
intelligence- testing business reminds me the way
they
used to weigh hogs in Texas. They would get a
long
plank, put it over a cross-bar, and somehow tie the
hog on
one end of the plank. They’d search all around
till
they found a stone that would balance the weight of
the hog
and they’d put that one the other end of the
plank.
Then they guess the weight of the stone.
- John
Dewey
14. The
intelligence is proved not by ease of learning but
by
understanding what we learn.
- Joseph
Whitney
15. What
is an intelligent man ? A man who enters with case
and
completeness into the spirit of things and the
intention
of persons, and who arrives at an end by the
shortest
route.
-
Frederic Amiel
16. The
trouble with the world is that the stupid are
cocksure
and the intelligent full of doubt.
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