Saturday, November 27, 2010

Buzzing Thoughts

My tiny mind is overloaded with thoughts and feelings - courtesy the weekend mood, the internet, the newspapers among other things. 

And to reflect them, here are a few quotes which gives words to these beliefs and notions.

On Innovation

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
~Steve Jobs


On Overcoming Adversity

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
~Henry Ford

If you're going through hell, keep going.
~Winston Churchill

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.
~Harry Golden

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.  
 ~Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Satires


On Silence

The silence depressed me.  It wasn't the silence of silence.  It was my own silence.
~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

But then

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.  
~Thomas Carlyle


On Tears 

Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.  
~Albert Smith



On Humility and Modesty 

If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect. 
~Ted Turner

Modesty:  The art of encouraging people to find out for themselves how wonderful you are.  
~Unknown


And finally on Trying

How long should you try? Until.
~Jim Rohn

Try  and fail, but don't fail to try.
~Stephen Kaggwa


Left me wondering on the state of the overload on my little mind.

P.S. Quotes courtesy - Google and its search results. Picture courtesy - Once again Google and its search results.