Цитаты из книги Wings of Fire

Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others.

We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness.

To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience is gained and technologies are mastered. The importance of the peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides.

why be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and problems? When troubles come, try to understand the relevance of your sufferings. Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.

Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the ether each night, as the mind falls into the sleep state. Each morning it returns to the conscious state reinforced with the cosmic currents. That which has been imaged will surely and certainly be manifested. You can rely, young man, upon this ageless promise as surely as you can rely upon the eternally unbroken promise of sunrise... and of Spring.

What makes life in Indian organizations difficult is the widespread prevalence of this very contemptuous pride. It stops us from listening to our juniors, subordinates and people down the line. You cannot expect a person to deliver results if you humiliate him, nor can you expect him to be creative if you abuse him or despise him. The line between firmness and harshness, between strong leadership and bullying, between discipline and vindictiveness is very fine, but it has to be drawn.

To succeed in life and achieve results, you must understand and master three mighty forces— desire, belief, and expectation.

If you want to leave your footprints On the sands of time Do not drag your feet.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us to tap and develop these powers.

Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. When once gone no gold can buy them back again.

God has not promised Skies always blue, Flower-strewn pathways All our life through; God has not promised Sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, Peace without pain.

Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.

once your mind stretches to a new level it never goes back to its original dimension.

when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins.

For all your days prepare And meet them ever alike When you are the anvil, bear - When you are the hammer, strike.

He who knows others is learned, but the wise one is the one who knows himself. Learning without wisdom is of no use.

My impression of the American people can be summarized by a quotation from Benjamin Franklin, "Those things that hurt instruct!" I realised that people in this part of the world meet their problems head on. They attempt to get out of them rather than suffer them.

What you are destined to become is not revealed now but it is predetermined.

I have repeatedly seen how people are poor at articulating what they want—until they see a work centre doing something they don't want them to do.

The country doesn't deserve anything less than success from us. Let us aim for success".

the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.

There are boundaries that dictate life: you can only lift so much weight; you can only learn so fast; you can only work so hard; you can only go so far!.

Within the mind are all the resources required for successful living. Ideas are present in the consciousness, which when released and given scope to grow and take shape, can lead to successful events.