Inpirational Quotes

1)It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog − Archie Griffen.
2) Nothing lasts forever. Not even your troubles − Arnold H Glasgow
3) There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle − Albert Einstein
4) Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave – Mary Tyler Moore
5) Being strong means rejoicing in who you are, complete with imperfections − Margaret Woodhouse
6) If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place − Nora Roberts
7) I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed − Michael Jordan.
8) The only place you find success before work is in the dictionary − May V. Smith
9) Where hope grows, miracles blossom − Elna Rae
10) A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing − George Bernard Shaw
11) Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent  − Eleanor Roosevelt
12) It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes − Sally Field
13) I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down  − Allen H. Neuharth
14) Hope never abandons you, you abandon it − George Weinberg
15) Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you − Ralph Waldo Emerson
16) Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust − Jesse Owens
17) People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within − Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
18) Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance − Bruce Barton
19) Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it − John Maxwell
20) Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway − Mary Kay Ash

An Imperfect Pot

A water bearer in India had two large pots; each hung on each end of a pole, which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water in his master's house.

Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you."

After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke... 

 "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"

"I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your masters house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts." The pot said.

The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, "As we return to the masters house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path." Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the Pot apologized to the bearer for its failure.

The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pots side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my masters table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."

Each of us has our own unique flaws. We are all cracked pots. But if we will allow it, the Lord will use our flaws to grace His Fathers table. In Gods great economy, nothing goes to waste. Don't be afraid of your flaws. Acknowledge them, and you too can be the cause of beauty. Know that in our weakness we find our strength.

The obstacle in Our Path.

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by

and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did

anything about getting the stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of

vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the

stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the

peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had

been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the

person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand!

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

Belief

A person climbing mountain. On the way snow storm started and heavy winds started blowing and he was unable to see anything as it is night and heavy snow fall as well. He tried hard to climb up and didn’t find any place to rest, at one point he lost grip and started falling down. After falling certain distance down luckily due to one nail he stopped falling and hanging at that point. As he is not sure how many feet down ground is he didn’t dare to cut the rope and he is unable to go up due to heavy snow. He tried a lot to move in any other direction but not able to move. After trying his level best he started praying to god as he believes in god very much.

‘Oh god please save me, show me a way to get out of this situation’.

After sometime he heard a voice from top of mountain

‘cut the rope’

He is not sure who vocie it is and he started thinking whose voice that might be. Weather he should belive that voice and cut the rope or not. How to trust the unknown voice. So he thought all these and didn’t cut the rope and was hanging.

Due to heavy snow he died by morning.

In morning few other people came that way and noticed this dead guy hanging just 1feet above the ground!!!

Inspiration

Recently I read in a book where the author explained very beautifully how people take into account the situations and mould their lives.

A father having 2 sons. He used to drink daily, come home and beat both kids. When both the kids grow up one became a great businessman and the other one became a thief. When asked, the thief says ‘what you expect me to become, I was brought up in a family where my dad used come home daily drinking and beat all of us that influenced me ruined my life and made me like this’ and when asked the businessman he says the same exact reason ‘what you expect me to become, I was brought up in a family where my dad used come home daily drinking and beat all of us and that influenced me a lot and I took a decision that I should never become like my dad and started working hard and became a good businessman now’.

This story really sets a remarkable example that how every situation in life we can receive positively and mould our lives to become a good human being in the society. How we intake the situations, problems, difficulties in life and how we respond, learn from them that’s all matters.