tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474567890085919812024-03-08T16:13:55.932+05:30Exciting QuotesThis blog is an online record of interesting and fascinating quotes from a variety of public and historical figures as well as famous people.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-24269896495133114732009-05-24T11:41:00.001+05:302009-05-24T11:41:43.932+05:30Yehuda AmichaiA man doesn't have time.<br />When he loses he seeks, when he finds<br />he forgets, when he forgets he loves, when he loves<br />he begins to forget.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-20359713548626100522009-05-02T00:03:00.001+05:302009-05-02T00:03:44.787+05:30Proverbs 29:18<span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where there is no vision, the people perish.</span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-70444239390886420492009-05-01T23:13:00.000+05:302009-05-01T23:14:10.420+05:30William B. Sprague<span style="font-weight: bold;">Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.</span>Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-20664514964464549672009-05-01T23:11:00.001+05:302009-05-01T23:11:44.741+05:30Albert Einstein<span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.<br /> <b><br /></b></span>Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-73916322163570746042009-03-27T00:37:00.000+05:302009-03-27T00:38:18.941+05:30Emily DickinsonTo live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-23784279461918318462009-03-26T04:22:00.001+05:302009-03-26T04:22:57.578+05:30Mother TeresaI am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-46617292781814579002009-03-26T02:44:00.001+05:302009-03-26T02:44:53.085+05:30Lao TzuBeing deeply loved by someone gives you strength, loving someone deeply gives you courage.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-74577430217354311912009-03-25T18:05:00.000+05:302009-03-25T18:07:09.220+05:30Alexis de TocquevilleHistory is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-50068417734216694082009-03-25T02:19:00.001+05:302009-03-25T02:19:42.939+05:30Dalai LamaEvery day think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive. I have a precious human life.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-27510371022265615172009-03-25T00:22:00.000+05:302009-03-25T00:23:27.011+05:30Thomas FriedmanGlobalization is not the only thing influencing events in the world today, but to the extent that there is a North Star and a worldwide shaping force, it is this system.<br /><br /> - Thomas Friedman, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Lexus and the Olive Tree</span>, 1999.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-61919245363307147692009-03-24T19:08:00.000+05:302009-03-24T19:09:30.135+05:30Hans MargoliusOnly in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-71444944870962870262009-03-16T01:43:00.000+05:302009-03-16T01:44:02.792+05:30Socrates“The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates (470-399 BCE)Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-77400051535110592412009-03-16T01:42:00.000+05:302009-03-16T01:43:25.968+05:30William of Ockham“Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily” – William of Ockham (1285 - 1349?)Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-82683251925313467102009-03-16T01:41:00.000+05:302009-03-16T01:42:17.937+05:30Bishop George Berkeley“To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi).” Or, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” – Bishop George Berkeley (1685 – 1753)Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-21495368311400473492009-03-16T01:22:00.000+05:302009-03-16T01:23:27.924+05:30Muhammad YunusEach individual person is very important. Each person has tremendous potential. She or he alone can influence the lives of others within the communities, nations, within and beyond her or his own time.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-41906172602845191822009-03-16T01:19:00.000+05:302009-03-16T01:20:20.700+05:30John D. RockefellerNext to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-17473953070920357452009-03-16T01:16:00.001+05:302009-03-16T01:17:56.820+05:30William GoldingRoger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law.<br /><br /> -----From <span style="font-style: italic;">Lord of the Flies</span>Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-60387497407307979352009-03-16T01:15:00.002+05:302009-03-16T01:19:26.453+05:30Stephen Covey<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" >Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them.</span>Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-79999201286927045622009-03-09T08:27:00.000+05:302009-03-09T08:28:52.121+05:30AristotleIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-39143207896969700992009-03-08T00:56:00.000+05:302009-03-08T00:57:33.631+05:30George Burns<span class="sg">I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.<br /><br />Note: I found this quote in Tom Layton's email signature.<br /></span>Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-87409642514299439592009-03-08T00:49:00.000+05:302009-03-08T00:50:10.679+05:30Albert Einstein<span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.</span></span>Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-85502372801837832382009-03-08T00:34:00.000+05:302009-03-08T00:44:02.328+05:30Albert Einstein<span class="status_body">Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with the important matters.</span>Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-44302643171609498032009-03-04T21:12:00.001+05:302009-03-04T21:12:38.602+05:30Antoine de Saint-Exupery<span class="status_body">Life has taught us that love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. </span>Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-50791692629912528062009-03-03T00:07:00.001+05:302009-03-03T00:14:50.941+05:30Anaïs NinWe don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.<br /><br /><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Note: I found this quote on Alicia Palermo's profile. She's a proficient trans</span></span>lator from Mexico.Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447456789008591981.post-85408543981510932612009-02-20T01:01:00.000+05:302009-02-20T01:02:33.066+05:30Dogen Zenji<span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?<br /><br />Note: I found this quote in a tweet written by Kirti Vashee on Twitter.<br /></span></span>Roomy Naqvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14411116265839653933noreply@blogger.com4