So true is the above sentence, isn’t it!! just happened to see the above picture stored somewhere on my PC, and it started a chain of memories in my mind. Just jotting down a few of them here.

When i was in my 3rd year of Computer Engineering, We had a debate in my Principles Of Economics and Management class, titled “Money motivates!” We were supposed to refute the argument, so my main argument then was…

“Why does one want money, to buy luxury, to feel the prestige, and such things, all basincally leading to what? Getting Happy!!! So the main motive in one’s life is not getting rich or earning money, just for the sake of it…If he could get happy by some other means, he would very well do it, and not care a damn about money!!”

“Point taken”, agreed many……

Well this also reminds me of another story that i’d read long ago in Marathi. Will attempt to translate it here. Its called, “Happy Man’s Shirt”

Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to know the secret of happiness. He was ready to go to any lengths to do it. So he prayed, and meditated, and fasted, for a long long time. Finally, a holy sage appeared before him. “What do you want son?”, he asked. “I want to know the secret of happiness..”, the man replied. “Fine, I’ll tell it to you”, the sage replied,” but before that u will have to bring me a shirt worn by a man who is truly happy..” “Ok sir, that i shall do immediately….how long will that take!!” , exclaimed the man.

And lo, he started off…He went to his friends whom he thought were happy, and asked them if they were.. They replied in negative. He went to the rich and famous, but no luck there too….As a sharp contrast, he tried the poorer ones, but to no avail. He went to places, travelled to many countries and cities and towns, but he did not find anyone who admitted that he was totally happy!

Tired and frustrated, he was walking through a forest. A river flowed nearby. On the banks of the river sat a man, humming the most cheerful tune he’d ever heard. He played with the waves in water, he called out to the birds that flew past…Overall, he seemed very content, very HAPPY. Skeptical, yet somewhat homeful, the man went to him, an asked him whether he was happy. “Ofcourse, I am very very happy. I have no complaints about life.” The man was overjoyed, and just as he was about to ask the happy man for his shirt, he realized, that the man wasn’t wearing a shirt at all!!! He asked the man about it, and he replied,”Shirt!! well I never wear one at all!!” 🙂

Nice story na!! And worth giving a thought, too!

Well these are just a few thoughts that occured to me when i saw that pic…More about this, later!! 🙂

I have always been a big fan of quotable quotes…and have liked collecting them since childhood… It may sound like I am bragging; but yeah, many people have told me that they look forward to reading the signature in my mails, that I change everyday! 🙂 Now for all those people who have encouraged me to use nice and new signatures everyday, here I present a collection that I have used in my mails….

• Don’t attempt to run from the past, it is always behind you.!”
• “A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco, wrapped in paper, With fire at one end and a  fool at the other!!.”:-))
• “You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”
• “A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost……”:-)))
• “The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to an idealized past.”
• “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot!” 🙂
• “Those who drink to drown their sorrows should be taught that sorrows know how to swim.”
• “A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it.”
• “Democracy is three wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper!!” :-))
• “Vacation is what you take when you can’t take what you’ve been taking any longer.” :-)))
• “Examine what is said, not who speaks!”
• “Optimists and Pessimists equally contribute to our society….Optimists make the airplanes, pessimists make the parachutes!”
• “Preach the Gospel at all times … if necessary, use words!” 🙂
• Karl Marx’s Mother: “If Karl, instead of writing a lot about capital, had made a lot of it … it would have been much better.” :-)))
• “How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise MY hand!” :-))))))
• “In communism, man oppresses man. In capitalism, it’s the other way around. ” :-)))
• “Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.”
• “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
• “What the caterpillar calls the end, the butterfly calls the beginning.”
• “If the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we’d be so simple that we wouldn’t  be able to understand!!” :-)))
• “If we’d confess our sins to one another, we’d all laugh at the lack of originality.” 🙂
• “Learn from the mistakes of others…You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself!!”:-)))
• “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
• “Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats!!!” :-))
• 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 a light from within.
• “If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy the civilization!!”:-))
• “Scientists announced today that they have discovered a cure for apathy. However, they claim no one has shown the slightest interest in it.!!!”:-)))
• “The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it!!”
• “Always fall in with what you’re asked to accept. Fall in with it and turn it your way!”
• “Did Noah include termites on the ark?”:-)))
• “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”
• “We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon.”
• “Software and Temples are much the same – first we build them, then we pray!!”
• “Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”
• “Deciding not to choose is still making a choice!” :-))
• “The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
• “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go!!” :-)))
• “In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed!!”
• “Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.” :-))
• “Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely!”
• “God is a comic, playing to an audience that’s afraid to laugh!”
• “One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others!!” :-))
• “Don’t take life so seriously; u anyways won’t get out of it alive!!”
• “I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own!!!” :-)))))))))
• “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
• “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there!!!” :))
• “Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.”
• “Can atheists get insurance for acts of God???.” :-)))
• “The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.” :-)))
• “There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.” :-)))
• “No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood.”
• “After all is said and done, more is said than is done!” :-))
• “I have learned that the Lord didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?” :-))
• “That which you cannot give away, you don’t possess; it possesses you.”
• “Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.”
• “Wise people talk because they have something to say…. Fools talk because they have to say something!!” 🙂
• “I lost 40 Pounds!!! Unfortunately, I was in England at that time!!!!”  🙂
• Hope is the ability to hear the music of future….Faith is the courage to dance to it today!!
• “If you can’t see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.”
• “Confidence doesn’t come from having all the answers, It comes from being open to all the questions!!”
• “There are two parts in my brain: left & right; right is having nothing left in it, and left is having nothing right in it!!!” :-))))))
• “When u r falling off a cliff, u might as well try to fly coz u have nothing to lose!!”
• “As I said before, I DONT REPEAT!!” :-))))))
• “Doing nothing is very hard to do…you never know when you’re finished……. ! ” :-)))
• “God give me patience and Give it to me NOW!!!! ” :-)))
• “Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.”
• “Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.”
• “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” 🙂
• “If you want a symbolic gesture, don’t burn the flag; wash it!”
• “When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those who do.” -William Blake
• “One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time.”
• “The world is a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.”
• “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”
• “When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane!”
• “The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat !”
• “One day, your life will flash in front of your eyes… Make it worth watching.”
• “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”
• ” Just when I got all the answers of life, they changed the question!!” :-))
• ” The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change, the Realist adjusts the sails!”
• “Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny?”  LOL!!! :-))
• “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm”
• “Your problem is never really your problem; your reaction to your problem is your problem.”
• “Never run from your fears. Because when they catch up to you you’re too tired to fight.”
• “I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable kidney????” :-)))))))
• “It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it!!” :-)))
• “A politician is the one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.” :-))))
• “2B or not 2B? I think it’s a grade of pencil.” :-))))
• “After hearing two eyewitness accounts of the same accident, you begin to wonder about history.” :-))
• “A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.” :-)))
• “There’s a book that tells you where you should go on your vacation. It’s called your cheque book!!!!!” :-))))
• “Life’s like a foreign language…everyone mispronounces it!!!” :-))
• “Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?” :-))
• “There are 3 sides to any argument….my side, your side, and the right side!!!” 🙂
• “”Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” ”  🙂
• “Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important!” :-))
• “Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t.” :-))
• ” Living on Earth may be expensive…but it sure includes an annual free trip around the Sun….!!!!” :-))
• ” Most people want to serve God, but only in an advisory capacity.!!!” :-))
• “If you are not living on the edge, you’re probably occupying too much space!!!”
• “The problem with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it !!!” 🙂
• “Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person, is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian” 🙂
• “Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on” 🙂
• “Remember there is a Space between Stimulus and Response, and our Growth lies on how we utilize that Space”
• ” It’s not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. !” :-))
• “The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.” :-))
• “You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
• “Don’t cry because the Sun is setting at the end of the day…….. For the tears will not let you enjoy the beauty of the stars!!!!”
• “Never be afraid to do something new……. Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic!!!!”
• “When one door closes, another one opens. But often we look so long at the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.”
• ” A hen is only an egg’s way of making other eggs…. “
• “A dead end is just a good place to turn around!!!!”
• “If you are lucky enough to reach the top, its your responsibility to send the elevator back down!!”