Inspiring Quotes

Here are some inspiring quotes which motivated me. So I am sharing with you all:

1. Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing the service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.
-Mahatma Gandhi

2. Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.
-Mahatma Gandhi

3. You should not allow problems to become your captain, you should become the captain of the problems and defeat them and succeed.
-Dr. Kalam

4. "All of us do not have equal talent. But , all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.”
- Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

5. “Don’t take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.”
- A.P.J Abdul Kalam

6. Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
-Dr. Kalam (Wings of Fire)

7. Happiness, satisfaction and success in life depend on making the right choices, the winning choices. There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.
-Dr. Kalam (Wings of fire)

8. See the flower,
how generously it distributes perfumes and honey.
It gives to all, give freely of its love.
When its work is done, it falls away quietly.
Try to be like the flower, unassuming despite all its qualities.
-Bhagwat Geeta

9. “A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century”.
– Swami Vivekananda

Quotes

Some of the quotes/lines which I read related to happiness:

1. Happiness is not based on achievement. It is not at the destination, it is on the journey.

2. Happiness is a state of being created while working towards the goal, not a feeling to be experienced after achieving the goal.

3. Obstacles in the journey are obstructions in our achievement, not obstruction in our happiness.

4. If we believe happiness is at the destination, then we will experience fear and anxiety if there is any obstacle or delay in the journey.

कश्मीरी पंडित

कुछ दिनों पूर्व मैंने कश्मीरी पंडितों के विस्थापन की एक documentry देखी, जिसमें इस दर्दनाक वाकये का जिक्र एक पत्रकार ने कुछ इस प्रकार किया गया था:

तुमको सुनायी देती हैं बनावटी चीखे
खामोशियों का चीखना तो अभी बाँकी हैं,
फर्श पर अगर हक तुम्हारा हैं तो
मेरा अर्श अभी बाकी हैं,
भले ही लकीरे खीच दो तुम ज़मी पर
मगर मेरी ज़न्नत अभी बाक़ी हैं।

एक विस्थापित कश्मीरी ने दंगों के समय अपना हाले बया कुछ यूं व्यक्त किया:

घर के अन्दर भी खतरा था
घर के बाहर भी था जोख़िम
उन्होंने खाया तरस हमारी हालत पर
और एक एक कर फ़ूक डाले हमारे घर
अब ना अन्दर खतरा हैं ना बाहर जोख़िम।

कई वर्षों से विस्थापित नोयडा में रह रहे एक सज्जन ने अपने घर वापस जाने की अपनी आशाओं को कुछ इन पक्तियों में पिरोया:

जिस सुबह की ख़ातिर जुग जुग से हम सब मरकर जीते हैं,
जिस सुबह की अमृत की धुन में हम जहर के प्याले पीते हैं,
इन भूखी प्यासी रूहों पर एक दिन तो करम फर्मायेगी,
वो सुबह कभी तो आयेगी।