QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Well I guess you have two choices. Either you just lie down and die, or you make up your mind you want to go on living. And that's it, you know, you face it, you have to go on with your life. Bernie will always be in my heart."
Nancy Kwan

"A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say."
Italo Calvino

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
Friedrich Nietzsche

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
Albert Einstein

"We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present."
Thomas Edison

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)

"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger." Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644)

"Patience is the support of weakness; impatience is the ruin of strength."
Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

We won't succeed until you do. We won't be satisfied until you are.
Power Point Mgmt Ltd

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
Mark Twain

"To do or not to do precedes the option to be or not to be."
Malcolm Forbes

"An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction."
Booker T. Washington

"We have too many sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them."
Abigail Adams

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere."
Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950)

"The place where I live is nice, she is so small that you can hardly find it on the map but the whole world knows her name."
Singapore's Minister Mentor : Lee Kuan Yew

"It's easy to buy a company using cash but not easy to maintain profitability."
Top Glove Chairman : Tan Sri Dr Lim Wee Chai

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
Jonh F. Kennedy

"Big changes in our lives are more or less a second chance."
Harrison Ford

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. "
Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)

"Foe me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to avhieve, to conquer."
Arnold Schwarzenegger

"A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done."
Ralph Nader

"Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve."
Mary Kay Ash

"The new source of power is not money in the hands of a few, but information in the hands of many."
John Naisbitt

"You can't change people but you can effect a change in them by your behavior."
Garrison Wynn

"In life, it's important to walk the walk and talk the talk. Unfortunately, if we don't control our talk, it can overshadow how well we walk."
Garrison Wynn

"Helping people develop their own brilliance is much more effective than giving them yours."
Garrison Wynn

"I believe through learning and application of what you learn, you can solve any problem, overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal that you can set for yourself."
Brian Tracy

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."
Vince Lombardi

"We are not recession-proof, but we are certainly recession-resistant."
Brian Durkin (Vice President of Development in China for McDonald's)

" The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. "
A quote from the US President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address.

"Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."
JOHN F. KENNEDY (US 35th President 1961~1963)

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (US 32nd President 1933~1945)

" And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders, nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it."
A quote from the US President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address.

" And so, to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to lead once more."
A quote from the US President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address.

" The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous."
A quote from the US President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address.

" To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."
A quote from the US President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address.

" It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours."
A quote from the US President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address.

" There's this big pie in show business, and you physically can't eat the whole pie. If you give everybody a slice of pie, you will still have more than enough. The real trick is not to try to get the whole pie, but to keep the biggest slice."
Jay Leno (1950 - ), O Magazine, February 2003

" Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are. "
Assyrian Proverb

"Opportunities of all sorts abound in troubled times..... good times are good but bad times are still better."
Konosuke Matsushita

" Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. "
Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

'You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins."
Jim Stovall

"To succeed....You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you."
Tony Dorselt

"The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question."
Drucker

"To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully."
Tryan Edwards

"To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult."
Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth

"To the degree we're not living our dreams;our comfort zone has more control of us than we have ourselves."
Peter Mc Williams

"To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted."
George Kneller

"Satisfaction does not come with achievement, but with effort. Full effort is full victory."
Mahatma Gandhi

"The three great essentials achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."
Thomas Edison

"I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile."
Walter Chrysler

"Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged only one thing the result."
Vince Lombardi

" When you can, always advise people to do what you see they really want to do, so long as what they want isn't dangerously unlawful, stupidly unsociable or obviously impossible. Doing what they want to do, they may succeed; doing what they don't want to do, they won't. "
James G. Cozzens

"Try to remember that work cannot be the only thing in life."
Bill Clinton

"Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."
Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)

" Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. "
Tyron Edwards

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."
Salvador Dali

"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than fear of failure."
Bill Cosby

"Willing is not enough; we must do. Knowing is not enough; we must apply."
Bruce Lee

"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."
Vince Lombardi

"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. "
Dorothy Nevill

" All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence -- and then success is sure.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.
Max L. Forman

" I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions. "
Barack Obama

" Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. "
Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)

" People want to know how much you care before they care how much you know. "
James F. Hind

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails"
Bertha Calloway

"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential"
Sir Winston Churchill

" To think is to act. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

" When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion. "
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

" It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. "
Judith S. Marin

" Never underestimate the power of the irate customer. "
Joel E. Ross

"There is no such thing as failure but only earlier attempts at success."
Billi Lim

" Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. "
Stevie Wonder

"The future belongs to the things that can grow, whether it be a tree or democracy."
Kenneth D. Johnson

" No animal should ever jump up on the dining -room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation. "
Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )

" If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. "
Ray Bradbury (1920 - )

" I love life...Yeah, I'm sad, but at the same time, I'm really happy that something could make me feel that sad. It's like...It makes me feel alive, you know. It makes me feel human. The only way I could feel this sad now is if I felt something really good before. So I have to take the bad with the good. So I guess what I'm feeling is like a beautiful sadness. "
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Raisins, 2003

" It's wonderful ... doing the impossible! "
Walter Elias Disney

" The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains. "
Ernest Hello

" If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear. "
Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A. A. Milne

" The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. "
Stephen Bantu Biko, Speech in Cape Town, 1971

"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated"
Mahatma Gandhi

" If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)

" To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. "
Joan Klempner

" Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. "
Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)

"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong."
Charles Wadsworth

" Believe the unbelievable, Dream the impossible, Never take ‘no’ for an answer."
Dato’ Tony Fernandez

“It does not matter how slowly you go; so long as you do not stop.”
Confucius

" A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top. "

" When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?' "
Sidney J. Harris

"We may have different religions, different languages different coloured skin, but we all belong to one human race."
KOFI ANNAN

Tsze-Kung asked, saying, 'Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master said, "Is not Reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)

" The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet. "
Anthony J. D'Angelo

"Beat me, hate me, you can never break me. " Michael Jackson, They Don't Care About Us

“World Guinness Records are created for recognition through easy and difficult ways. It is immaterial of how is the situation of the journey; so long we have the courage to achieve.”
Beh Hock Heng

"Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined."
Johnny Carson