“Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion (more…)
“Two ways exist to guide human activity. One is to force a person to act against his wishes; the other is to guide a person’s wishes, to persuade him with reasoning. One is the used by ignorant people, and it leads complete disappointment. The other is supported by experience, and (more…)
“You should not be upset by the sight of wisdom being criticized. Wisdom would not be real wisdom if it did not reveal the stupidity of a bad life, and people would not be people if they endured this revelation without criticism.” – Leo Tolstoy “Dogs bark at what they (more…)
“Do not be interested in the quantity of people who respect and admire you, but in their quality. If bad people dislike you, so much the better.” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca Kwenye maisha yako, usisumbuke na wingi wa watu wanaokukubali, wingi wa marafiki au wingi wa wateja. Badala yake kazana kupata (more…)
“What you do, you possess. You must believe that eternal goodness exists that is within you, and that it grows and develops as long as you live.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Unakuwa kile unachofanya, na siyo unachotamani kuwa. Ukifanya mema unakuwa mwema, ukifanya mabaya unakuwa mbaya. Huwezi kuwalazimisha watu wakuone unavyotaka (more…)
“A most dangerous temptation is the temptation to pre pare to live, instead of living. The future does not belong to you. Therefore, remember to live the best way you know now. The only perfection necessary is perfection in love, which can be reached only in the present. It’s why (more…)
“Think good thoughts, and your thoughts will be turned into good actions. Everything begins in thought. Guiding your thoughts is one of the keys to self-perfection. If you suffer misfortunes in your life, look for their cause, not in your actions, but in the thoughts which inspired them, and try (more…)
“When you start to lose your temper, remember: there’s nothing manly about rage.” – Marcus Aurelius Kuna wakati mambo yanatokea, mambo ambayo hukutegemea yatokee na hukuwa umejiandaa nayo. Kama mambo hayo yanakuangusha au kukukwamisha, unapatwa na hasira. Ni wakati wa hasira ndiyo unaweza kufanya vitu utakavyovijutia sana kwenye maisha yako. (more…)
“You could choose no worse way to guide your life than to follow the opinions of other people.” – Leo Tolstoy Hakuna njia mbovu ya kuendesha maisha yako kama kufuata maoni ya watu wengine. Utakuwa umechagua maisha ya hivyo na yasiyo na msimamo. Kwa sababu hata uchague kufanya nini, kuna (more…)
“Many statements which are accepted as truth because they have been passed down to us by tradition look like truth only because we have never tested them, never thought about them in a more precise way.” – Leo Tolstoy Mambo mengi ambayo tunaamini ni kweli, ni kwa sababu ndivyo tulivyopokea. (more…)