Success and failure are a part of our daily life. Success and failure go hand in hand. Success gives us a sense of joy and pride and failure discourages and depresses us. But we should not forget that in the battle of life, failures do come. In that case we should not lose heart and […]
Positive outlook plays a very important role in everybody’s life, be a prince or pauper. If one has the will power to do something, one can succeed in one’s mission, how tough it is. Right since the formation of an aim in one’s mind, one is sure to achieve his aim provided he will never
This saying holds good for those persons who have no knowledge about what they do. They try to hide their weakness by blaming other people or circumstances. Let us take an example. A painter who is a novice in his profession will not be able to produce master pieces in the early stages of his
Character of a man is the combination and collection of many qualities and traits– nature, personal appearance, way of behavior and mental reactions to situations and circumstances. As soon as we talk of character, immediately the consideration of moral and immoral comes into play, so does strong and weak. What is moral and immoral concerns
People believe in God; they believe in His mercy. But it would be extremely weird to think that it is God who has given us birth in this world and it is He who should look after us. Such a thinking and mentality is self-defeating and thoroughly ill-thought. God has given us birth and has
This famous quotation is mentioned in Shakespeare’s play ‘Julius Caesar’. It is part of the speech by Caesar in response to Calpurnia’s warning that he should not move out of doors as evil omens point to some danger to his life. Caesar refuses to be perturbed declaring that death has no terror for him. He
Life’s journey is a difficult journey; it is not a bed of roses. We have to work hard; we have to struggle long to achieve success or to reach our goal. It may happen or appear to be so, that you on struggling still you are suffering and success still seems far away or other’s
To be honest in thought, to be honest in deeds—this is what should always be the motto and the guiding principle of our lives. ‘Policy’ here does not mean any strategy or diplomatic action; the simple meaning of policy here is the way of action and behaviour. Honesty always gives a man a great moral
Lives of great men teach us a great lesson. They have done great deeds to be called great and great deeds are always those which are good deeds. Therefore, it means that they were called ‘great’ because of the good deeds that they had done. Good deeds are those which are done in the service
Deeds judge a man. Actions speak of the character. A man cannot be called ‘Great’ by his wealth, position or status. Greatness is judged by what and how a man acts in the society, among his fellowmen. A social worker may not be a man of riches but he may command great respect because he
It is well-known proverb that God helps those who help themselves. It tells us that we should make efforts ourselves to achieve an objective. In this world, there are broadly two types of people: those who believe in destiny alone and do not exert to do anything. According to them if an achievement is written
It is an old proverb that too many cooks spoil the broth. Most probably this proverb must have come out of experience. A few chefs might have been set to prepare soup when everyone must have tried his own skill. In the end, the soup was spoilt. It also leads us to a conclusion that
Pride is born out of over-confidence. It is considered to be a sin. Pride often results in weaknesses. There are many things which builds pride in a man. These are riches, status, power, recognition, ability, etc. The saying that pride goes before a fall is proved by several instances. Take, for example, the story of
Man was sent by God to the world to do work. The message of work is also found in the Gita. It tells the man to perform his duty and leave the result to God. Work is the supreme message of the Gita. It is an evidence of history that all great men of the
It is now realized that happiness resides only in a small size of family. In the distant past, there was no such realization. It may be due to the reason that the country’s population had not grown to an alarming magnitude as now. In the past, there was also an all-round prosperity in India and