Daily (ish) or maybe weekly (ish) inspiration

[SOLACE]

Hi all, here's the next episode ! :)


Learn to appreciate what you HAVE before time makes you appreciate what you HAD


Have a great week !

I needed this so badly

I'm very glad you found this helpful jaspeter4eva,

Rock on buddy :)

[yogi]

Nice football story

http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... CFTBEML853

[RickyRaj]

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
Roy Disney, businessman

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Charles Darwin, naturalist

That which we persist in doing becomes easier — not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do it has increased.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
Mary Kay Ash, businesswoman

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The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
1967

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling
Flowing into the night
People so busy, makes me feel dizzy
Taxi light shines so bright
But I don't need no friends
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise

Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine

Terry meets Julie, Waterloo station
Every Friday night
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander
I stay at home at night
But I don't feel afraid
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise

Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine

Millions of people swarming like flies round Waterloo underground
But Terry and Julie cross over the river
Where they feel safe and sound
And the don't need no friends
As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset
They are in paradise

Waterloo sunset's fine.


Listen below :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-D9xcZgKX4 - The choice of pictures in this video really help understand this amazing song


And here is a special version from 1994

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ds4-JxnZK8


Hope you enjoy it all as much as I do :)

[RickyRaj]

[RickyRaj]

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.
Michael Dell, entrepreneur

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
Joe DiMaggio, baseball player

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
Daniel Dennett, philosopher

If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to walk far, walk together.
African proverb

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Some quotes from a favourite movie of mine (the movie is just full of amazing quotes) - I will start with a brief introduction by the main character :)

“Evey: Who are you?
V. : Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.
Evey: Well I can see that.
V. : Of course you can, I’m not questioning your powers of observation, I’m merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
Evey: Oh, right.
V. : But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace soubriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona. Voila! In view humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the “vox populi” now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin, van guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.
Evey: Are you like a crazy person?
V. : I’m quite sure they will say so.”


The quotes :)


“Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.”

“Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.”

“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.”

“You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.”

“My mother said I broke her heart...but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us...but within that inch we are free.”

“The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin.”

“With science, ideas can germinate within a bed of theory, form, and practice that assists their growth... But we as gardeners, must beware... for some seeds are the seeds of ruin... and the most iridescent blooms are often the most dangerous”

“Noise is relative to the silence preceeding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the peoples voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.”

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A businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The businessman complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied only a little while.

The businessman then asked why he didn't stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs. The businessman then asked, but what do you do with the rest of your time? The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos; I have a full and busy life, señor."


The businessman scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and I could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds b*y a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could b*y several boats; eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman, you would sell directly to the processor and eventually open your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City where you would run your expanding enterprise."


The Mexican fisherman asked, "But señor, how long will this all take?" To which the businessman replied, "15-20 years." "But what then, señor?" The businessman laughed and said, "That's the best part! When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions." "Millions, señor? Then what?" The businessman said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos."

The fisherman, still smiling, looked up and said, "Isn't that what I'm doing right now?"

[RickyRaj]

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
Stephen Hawking, physicist

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.
Florence Nightingale, nurse

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It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.

Terry Pratchett, 1948 - 2015.