12.2.6 Brahmakumaris Quotations

Bramhakumaris' Teachings 

1. Never compare yourself with others. If you do so, it will make you arrogant or jealous.
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2. Make best use of your time.
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3. Good books are like good friends.
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4. Before starting any work, think of its consequences also.
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5. Be determined and things will start to be positive.
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6. Knowledge is a great wealth.
Ask yourself -" How much have I ? ".
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7. If you are afraid of death, you have not understood the real importance of life.
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8. Having much more worldly knowledge may lead you to arrogance but the spiritual knowledge will lead you to modesty.
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9. Never give up hope. It is only hope which makes you dynamic and energetic.
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10. Final result cannot be declared until you stop your efforts.
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11. Earning money is not bad but making its misuse is bad.
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12. Bones are broken with a stick or a stone but relations are broken with words we use.
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13. Thoughts are the seeds of every action, so sow the good seeds to get delicious fruits.
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14. Smiling is the sign of satisfaction. So keep smiling.
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15. Patience, faith and toleration are the key to success.
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16. Do not expect from others if you want to be happy.
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17. Fulfill the wishes of God and your wishes will be automatically fulfilled.
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18. Enthusiasm and rapture help you achieve great aim.
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19. Be a problem solver and not the problem creator.
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20. Try to change yourself. It is better than trying to change others.

21. Share the happiness of life with others.

12-2-3 Quotations of Chanakya

 Quotations of Chanakya 

1. The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

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2.  Whether the task is big or small, the person should do it with full strength and should not relax until it is completed.

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3. Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

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4. A true friend or a kinsman is he who does not forsake you at the time of your illness, when you  are in trouble, when enemy attacks you.

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5. Avoid or forsake the person who talks sweetly in your presence but in your absence he puts obstacles in your way and tries to harm you.

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6. If there are a wicked man and a serpent, it is better to choose the serpent because the serpent bites you only once and the wicked man causes you harm at every step.

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7. Avoid the company of a fool for he is no different from a two legged animal.

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8. Nothing is heavy for the strong or the capable.

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9. When a person is distressed, he can get relief from three things - from children, from a good wife, and from the company of good persons.

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10. The person who does not shy or hesitate in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating, in dealing with others, becomes happy.

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11. Never make the friendship with the persons who are above or below you in status. Such friendship may lead you to unhappiness.

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12. Knowledge or learning is a friend of a person in a foreign country, his wife is his friend in the house, medicine in illness and good deeds are the friends of a person at the time of his death.

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13. Everything can be acquired through learning and it is learning which is worshiped every where.

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14. The person whose actions are disorganised, is happy neither among the society nor in the forest.

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12-2-1 Inspirational Quotations ( Page- First )

12-2-1  INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHTS (QUOTES)

Good quotations are often powerful words of wisdom which inspire, educate and even motivate. There comes a time in everyone's life when he needs someone or something to guide him what to do and what not to do, how and why to do ? Inspirational quotations play an important role in such situations Though they are small in size yet they have a great power to motivate a person to take right action at the right time and in the right direction.
The quotations given here under are only the collections by us. We do not assert a claim of copyright for them. They are the intellectual property of  their respective originators.
We have done our best try for accuracy but cannot be held responsible for any errors in the quotations or incorrect attributions.
(1) Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
(Albert Einstein)

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(2) The thing always happens that you really believe in,   and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
(Frank Loyd Wright Wright)
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(3) He Can, Who Thinks, Who Can.
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(4) Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
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(5) Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be.Now put the foundations under them.
(Henry David Thoreau)
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(6) Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.      
(Denis Waitley)
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(7) Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.    
(Leighton)
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( 8) To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned." -
(Edward Bulwer Lyton)
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(9) Fortune favours the brave .
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(9A) Fortune favours the brave. 
(Publius Terence)
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(10) People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
( Apple Computers)
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(11) We see things not as they are, but as we are.
 (H.M. Tomlinson)
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(12) Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
(Anonymous)
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(13) Don't go through life, grow through life.
( Eric Butterworth)
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(14) A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
(Sidney Greenberg)
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(15) An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
 (Prescott)
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(16) A smooth sea has never made a skillful mariner.
 (Anonymous)
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(17) Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
(Robert Brault)
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(18) Happiness is like a butterfly.
The more you chase it, the more it eludes you.
But if you turn your attention to other things,
It comes and sits softly on your shoulder.
(Henry David Thoreau)
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(19) Success is the proper utilization of failure.
( Anonymous)
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(20) If you do not hope, you will not find what beyond your hopes.
(St. Clement of Alexandra)
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(21) Ask not what country can do for you , ask what you can do for your country.    
(John F. Kennedy)
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(22) Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.       (Anonymous)
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(23) Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
(Lucretius)
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(24) Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.  
( Ray Kroc)
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(25) Believe with all of your  heart that you will do what you were made to do.    
(Orison Swett Marden )
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(26) You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour. (Anonymous)
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(27) To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
( Elbert Hubbard)
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(28) Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking .    
(William B. Sprague)
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(29) There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
(Dr. Denis Waitle)
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(30)You haven't failed until you quit trying.
( Anonymous)
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(31) Time solves a lot of things. Time may also solve what you are worrying about today.
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(32) Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things.
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(33) Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
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(34) Count your blessing , not your troubles.
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(35) Nothing is more efficacious than confidence.
( Charles-maurice de Tallyrand )
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(36) Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in arising after every fall.      
(Coulsen Kernahan )
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(37) Knowledge is the only thing that can enrich but can not be taken from one.    
(Ignace J. Paderewski)
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(38) The first Principle of achievement is mental attitude.Man begins to achieve when he begins to believe.    
(J.C. Roberts)
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(39)If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. The moment he does more, he is a free man.  
(A.W.Rovertson)
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(40) Always act as if the impossible were possible.
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