SHIQURDU 8

  • Shiqurdu is a collection of thoughts. Although an odd sounding name, but felt appropriate for the collection.

 

  • These are simplified quotes in Hurdu (Hurdu being a mix of Hindi and Urdu akin to Hinglish i.e., hindi and english). Although in some cases the language has been simplified but attempt has been made to retain the thought and the poetic flavor.

 

  • These thoughts have been picked up from various publications. Credit goes to all the original writers who penned down these deep meaning messages.

 

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कुछ बातों के मतलब हैं

कुछ मतलब की बातें हैं

 

52

दूरियां?????

कभी हम समझ नहीं पाते

और कभी समझा नहीं पाते

 

53

बदलते तो सब हैं

कुच्छ हालत के साथ

कुच्छ वक़्त के साथ

 

54

दामन फैलाए बैठे हैं,

अल्फ़ाज़ – ए – दुआ याद नहीं..

माँगूँ तो अब क्या माँगूँ,

तेरे सिवा कुछ याद नहीं..

 

55

जरूरी यह नहीं कि

आपकी उम्र क्या है,

जरूरी यह है कि आप

किस उम्र की सोच रखते हैं

Advice from the Rich and Famous

Steve Jobs

 (Businessman: recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution).

On Life: “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

On Thoughts: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”

On Mistakes: “Life is not full without making mistakes.”

Henry Ford

 (Industrialist: owner of car manufacturing plants all over the world).

On Failure: “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again this time more intelligently.”

On Freedom: “Learn to let go of things, you can’t control.”

On Success: “Most people get ahead during the time that others waste.”

Warren Buffett 

(Business magnate)

On Money: “Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No.1”

On Time: “No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”

On Mistakes: “You only have to do a few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”

Elon Musk

 (Engineer, entrepreneur, billionaire: CEO of Space X and Tesla Motors).

On Innovations: “A failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”

 On Failure: “If nothing else, we are committed to failing in a new way.”

Thomas Edison

 (Inventor and businessman).

On Development: “Our greatest mistake lies in giving up. Sometimes to yield the result you need to try just one more time.”

On Work: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

On Ideas: “The value of an idea lies in the using of it”

On Advice: “Never give up! Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

Bill Gates

 (Business magnate and philanthropist: founder Microsoft).

 

On Friendship: “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”

On Job: “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”

On Career: “Do what you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life”.

 

Common Denominator

Live your life,  do what you love and learn to let go.

Ideate, innovate and give it your best shot.

Mistakes and failures are a part of the process, do not give up, learn from them and try again.

 

My Favorites

 

“If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”

 

 “The value of an idea lies in the using of it”

 

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

 

 

 

 

BEST MILITARY QUOTES 2

 

9. On Air Power

“Air power is not only a fascinating subject but its theory and practice also constitute a very demanding profession; and even a lifetime’s study and devotion is inadequate to unravel its mystique or fully understand its imperatives”

– Air Cmde Jasjit Singh

 

10. On Importance of insignificant looking matters

 “For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.”

– Benjamin Franklin

 

 11. On art of War

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

– Sun Tzu

 

12. On Starting War

“The militaries don’t start wars.

Politicians start wars.”

-William C. Westmoreland

 

13. On Leadership

”Never tell people how to do things.

Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”

General George S. Patton, U.S. Army

 

14. On Leadership

 “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”

 – Ronald Reagan

 

15. On War Planning

“No plan ever survived the first contact with the enemy.”

 –Tom Franks

 

16. On Leadership

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

– John Quincy Adams

 

17. On Bravery

“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”

– George S. Patton

 

18. On Warfare

“War is too important to be left to the generals”

– Georges Clémenceau

 

19. On Bravery

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight.

 It’s the size of the fight in the dog.”

– Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

20. On Flying

“Sometimes, flying feels too God-like to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, and too distant for human eyes to see.”

– Charles A. Lindbergh

 

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