"Our contradictions. We are in such a hurry to grow up, and then we long for our lost childhood. We make ourselves ill earning money, and then spend all our money on getting well again. We think so much about the future that we neglect the present, and thus experience neither the present nor the future. We live as if we were never going to die, and die as if we had never lived."

-- Paulo Coelho

#Growing Up Quotes #Get Well Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!”
“A day without a smile is a day wasted”
“You simply can't make someone love you if they don't. You must choose someone who already loves you. If you choose someone who does not love you, this is the sort of love you must want.”
“The whole world opens when we accept this moment, this very moment.”
“Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 08, 2016
“The Olympic Movement is a 20th century religion. Where there is no injustice of caste, of race, of family, of wealth.”
“And said to myself, as I lit my cigar, "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days, On the whole do you think he would have much to spare If he married a woman with nothing to wear?”

Source : William Allen BUTLER (1858). ““Two Millions”; and “Nothing to Wear.” Two poems”, p.82
“It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere.”

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