• There is no failure. Only feedback.

• If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.

• If you are not big enough to lose, you are not big enough to win.

• Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.

• Every tide has its own ebb.

• It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.

• What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

• There is no future in any job; The future lies in the man who holds the job.

• Is life worth living? That depends on the liver.

• If winter comes, can spring be far behind?

• Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

• We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

• A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

• Everyone must row with the oars he has.

• He is strong who conquers others. he who conquers himself is mighty.

• The weak can never forgive. Forgiving is an act of the strong.

• People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

• If there is ever a time to be ambitious, its not when your ambition is easy, but when it is hard. Fight in darkness. Fight when you are down. Die hard and you wont die at all.Argument

• If you really want the last word in an argument, try saying "I guess, you are right".

• Anger is a powerful missile, don't use it to blow balloons.

• The height that great men achieved and kept, were not attained by sudden flight. But, while their companions slept were toiling upward in the night.

• Compromise is an art of dividing the cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece.

• Imitation is the confession of limitation.

• He who asks a question is a fool for a minute. But he who never questions, remains a fool forever.

• When things happen that you dont like, you have two choices - you get bitter or you get better

• The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

• Winners are never quitters. Quitters are never winners.

• We fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.

• The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.

• To know that we know what we know and that we dont know what we dont know, that is true knowledge.

• The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.

• Its better to wear out than rust out.

• Its easy enough to be pleasant when life flows along like a song;
  But the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

• It is no use crying over spilt milk. It only makes it salty for the cat.

• There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

• Better never trouble trouble, until trouble troubles you
  For you only make your trouble double-trouble when you do.

• Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

• Glory is not in never falling but rising every time you fall.

• You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

• Attitude is a little thing, that makes a lot of difference.

• Burden becomes light when they are cheerfully borne.

• Dream and dedication makes a powerful combination.

• If you are tender enough to feel ashamed, thank God and ask him to keep you that way.

• Those who fret over small issues only demonstrate their inability to find anything big in their lives.

• The reason many people fail to recognize opportunity is because it comes disguised as hard work.

• A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

• Good attitude does not come from good position or wealth. The fact is that, people get to good position because of their positive attitudes.

• If you believe in God, He will do half the work, but only the last half. He helps those who helps themselves.

• Never forget that only dead fish swims with the stream.

• The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change, the realist adjusts the sails.

• Take risks, if you win you will be happy; if you lose you will be wise.

• Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

• Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

• Its always morning somewhere in the world.

• The fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them.

• Everything is okay in the end, if its not okay, its not the end.

• Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

• War doesn't determine who is right.
  War determines who is left.

• The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

"Let go? Are you sure you want to do that?".

"Well people give up and realize later that they were very close to success when they gave up".

People say this so often. Being persistent and relentless are considered great qualities by many. But is that really true? I have been wondering about that of late. At times, it is very difficult to hold on than letting go of it and many times it would probably be wiser to let go than hanging on. Sometimes, accepting things as they are, takes more character and courage than being relentless.

I am reminded of the prayer we used to say the first thing in Value Education class back in school days

"God, give me the strength to accept things that I can't change, courage to change things I can and wisdom to understand the difference."

Having walked a long way down the road of life, I had conveniently lost touch with the prayer. I suddenly remembered of the prayer when I was talking to someone. I am fortunate that my brain is still capable of retrieving things like these from past!.

I now realize how practical the prayer is!!!

Thanks to the teacher who taught us the same!