Reflections of a Survivior

Mathew had tagged me in August 2008, but I was out of commission, out of the blogosphere and hence didn’t even know I had been tagged. Now, while I was catching up with the unread posts, I found the tag. It is a quotations tag, and I love quotes. So with an apology to Mathew being late, I am posting my favorite quotes.

1.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings – nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son!
(Rudyard Kipling in If)

2.
What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
(William Wordsworth in Ode on Intimations of Immortality)

3.
My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure.
(Lord Alfred Tennyson in Sir Galahad)

4.
When you consider the opportunity and power He had to really do a job, and then look at the stupid, ugly little mess He made of it instead, His sheer incompetence is almost staggering.
(Joseph Heller in Catch-22)

5.
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
(Paulo Coelho)

6.
You learn most, when you play against an opponent who can beat you.
(Richard Bach in Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah)

7.
Never give in–never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
(Sir Winston Churchill, in his Speech at Harrow School in1941)

8.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
(Robert Brault)

I was tagged by Anjali some time ago. I was a bit busy and hence the delay. So here goes:

5 Unique Things Found in My Room

1. A set of Lego Bionicle Action Figures
2. Books
3. A clock in the shape of a car wheel
4. Two waste bins
5. A few stems of the lucky bamboo—to add little of greenery inside the room

5 Unique Things Found on My Desk (Since I don’t have a bag, I have chosen Desk)

1. A small statue of Virgin Mary
2. A pack of John Player Special (JPS) cigarettes . Not for smoking. But just for old time’s sake. I throw it away when the expiry date is over and will buy a new pack.
3. About 200 pencils of different colors and lengths. I love seeing pencils.
4. A small bottle of Axe oil for minor aches and pains and a stick of Aloe Lips
5. My Moleskine notebook

5 Unique Things Found in My Wallet

1. A small paper cutting that contains the news with my name—the first time my name appeared in print media—List of B. Tech Rank Holders
2. My TCS ID card
3. My 3 pervious visiting cards—one for each company that I worked
4. 3 Feng Shui coins that a friend gave me
5. A Million Dollar Bill that my friend Larry Lee of Cybernation gave me

I request anyone who is interested to take up this tag