tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44427491717961455082024-09-20T20:13:18.638-07:00Where the thinking makes a difference!Mudassir Rashidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867786028398143534noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442749171796145508.post-9228070146733471182011-04-04T05:25:00.000-07:002011-04-04T05:25:13.199-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thought for the Day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“Faith is taking the first step<br /> even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Martin Luther King, Jr.</i></span></div><h3>Martin Luther King Jr</h3><h3><b>Born</b> January 15, 1929 <i> Atlanta, Georgia</i><br /> <b>Died</b> April 4, 1968 (aged 39) <i> Memphis, Tennessee</i> </h3>An American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement. His main legacy is securing progress on civil rights in the United States. Because of this work, he has become a human rights icon.<br /> In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.<br /> <br /> <br /> To learn more about this author try <i>Google Custom Search</i> <br /> <form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box"><div><input name="cx" type="hidden" value="partner-pub-5692353065172812:6793675021" /><br /> <input name="ie" type="hidden" value="UTF-8" /><br /> <input name="q" size="55" type="text" /><br /> <input name="sa" type="submit" value="Search" /></div></form><br /> <script src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en" type="text/javascript"> </script>Mudassir Rashidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867786028398143534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442749171796145508.post-25771319156274375222011-04-04T05:21:00.000-07:002011-04-04T05:21:33.113-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Thought for the Day</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“All wish to possess knowledge,<br /> but few,<br /> comparatively speaking,<br /> are willing to pay the price.”</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ Juvenal</span></div><h3>Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRr0UynmFgQmQS0OPbh_NDd2ORgMw0mw9RN8hVt1oe9iWqIaRR2BJaYwUdU9bO6i9ubh7DIiw4gsrp_jhpTBui6HJ0HIZycfNDC0p6FvWh3oYNyCiED-y9-qw6MocT6YN4QMBEod71T2a/s1600/juvenal.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRr0UynmFgQmQS0OPbh_NDd2ORgMw0mw9RN8hVt1oe9iWqIaRR2BJaYwUdU9bO6i9ubh7DIiw4gsrp_jhpTBui6HJ0HIZycfNDC0p6FvWh3oYNyCiED-y9-qw6MocT6YN4QMBEod71T2a/s200/juvenal.png" width="167" /></a></div><h3>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: normal;">Known in English as Juvenal, a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD, author of the Satires. The details of the author’s life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD fix his terminus post quem (earliest date of composition).</span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> Learn more about this author try <i><b>Google Custom Search</b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>&nbsp;</b></i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box"><div><input name="cx" type="hidden" value="partner-pub-5692353065172812:6793675021" /><br /> <input name="ie" type="hidden" value="UTF-8" /><br /> <input name="q" size="55" type="text" /><br /> <input name="sa" type="submit" value="Search" /></div></form><br /> <script src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en" type="text/javascript"> </script>Mudassir Rashidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867786028398143534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442749171796145508.post-18449311903569554082011-04-04T05:16:00.000-07:002011-04-04T05:16:15.222-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Thought for the Day</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">“The pessimist complains about the wind;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the optimist expects it to change;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the realist adjusts the sails.”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ William Arthur Ward</span></div><h3>*William Arthur Ward (1921–1994)</h3><div style="text-align: justify;">Author of Fountains of Faith, is one of America’s most quoted writers of inspirational maxims. More than 100 articles, poems and meditations written by Ward have been published in such magazines as Reader’s Digest, This Week, The Upper Room, and more.<br /> <br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Search more about this author:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div><form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box"><div><input name="cx" type="hidden" value="partner-pub-5692353065172812:6793675021" /><br /> <input name="ie" type="hidden" value="UTF-8" /><br /> <input name="q" size="55" type="text" /><br /> <input name="sa" type="submit" value="Search" /></div></form><br /> <script src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en" type="text/javascript"> </script>Mudassir Rashidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867786028398143534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442749171796145508.post-1952502257413498842011-04-02T01:43:00.000-07:002011-04-02T02:02:12.932-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Thought for the Day</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Nature, time and patience<br /> are three great physicians.”</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">~ H.G. Bohn<br /> (1796-1884)</span></div><h3>Henry George Bohn</h3><b>Born:</b> January 4, 1796 <b>&nbsp;</b><br /> <b>Died:</b> August 22, 1884<br /> <div style="text-align: justify;">A British publisher. He is principally remembered for the Libraries which he inaugurated: these were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology.<br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span>Learn more about this author try <i><b>Google Custom Search</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box"><div><input name="cx" type="hidden" value="partner-pub-5692353065172812:6793675021" /><br /> <input name="ie" type="hidden" value="UTF-8" /><br /> <input name="q" size="55" type="text" /><br /> <input name="sa" type="submit" value="Search" /></div></form><br /> <script src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en" type="text/javascript"> </script>Mudassir Rashidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867786028398143534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442749171796145508.post-81417223520279597242011-04-01T04:12:00.000-07:002011-04-02T01:37:16.722-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thought for the Day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“To say nothing,<br /> especially when speaking,<br /> is half the art of diplomacy.”</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Will Durant<br /> (1885-1981)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><h3>*William James Durant</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWErmW2_Z6_xZ-Whs7Hhf9-ufc_BpkxvHMMLIJQOvXp7VwBWVttRKx_hA8RP9JATYcGg1_DMumfMyOhb1O-o5tyK6X9mD16UHN_Whe4tUUQ2pXk6-CPFZ69AA8cOqoyyP42cCYLNNMH4RC/s1600/6b5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWErmW2_Z6_xZ-Whs7Hhf9-ufc_BpkxvHMMLIJQOvXp7VwBWVttRKx_hA8RP9JATYcGg1_DMumfMyOhb1O-o5tyK6X9mD16UHN_Whe4tUUQ2pXk6-CPFZ69AA8cOqoyyP42cCYLNNMH4RC/s200/6b5.jpg" width="167" /></a></div><h3>&nbsp;<b>Born:</b> November 5, 1885<i> North Adams, Massachusetts</i><br /> <b>Died:</b> November 7, 1981 (Age 96)<i> Los Angeles, California</i> </h3><div style="text-align: justify;">An American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy, written in 1926. Will and Ariel Durant were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1968 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>&nbsp;</b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>&nbsp;</b></i>Learn more about this author try <i><b>Google Custom Search</b></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box"><div><input name="cx" type="hidden" value="partner-pub-5692353065172812:6793675021" /><br /> <input name="ie" type="hidden" value="UTF-8" /><br /> <input name="q" size="55" type="text" /><br /> <input name="sa" type="submit" value="Search" /></div></form><br /> <script src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en" type="text/javascript"> </script>Mudassir Rashidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867786028398143534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442749171796145508.post-83061007088354287242011-03-31T02:25:00.000-07:002011-04-02T02:03:14.086-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">Thought for the Day</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“A person often meets his destiny<br /> on the road he took to avoid it.”</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Jean de La Fontaine<br /> (1621-1695)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><h3>Jean de La Fontaine *</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9N0kzJoLZvmOsDAPS89VW8ff1r5Jk2nXs3NC20RaUrTs9-AT3Nzibg7uuvFKTxZfVuvjPZFmc2EtiHf7E0TIUTdxpXIfyLjxHtf6R0pKb6Dx0POoPeimlXp1nWp3QUNxErBgGoRUo2T4/s1600/jean_de_la_fontaine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9N0kzJoLZvmOsDAPS89VW8ff1r5Jk2nXs3NC20RaUrTs9-AT3Nzibg7uuvFKTxZfVuvjPZFmc2EtiHf7E0TIUTdxpXIfyLjxHtf6R0pKb6Dx0POoPeimlXp1nWp3QUNxErBgGoRUo2T4/s200/jean_de_la_fontaine.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><h3><b>Born:</b> July 8, 1621<i> Château-Thierry, Champagne</i><br /> <b>Died:</b> April 13, 1695 (Age 73)<i> Paris, France</i> </h3><div style="text-align: justify;">The most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_La_Fontaine">Source</a><br /> <br /> </div>Learn more about this author try <i><b>Google Custom Search</b></i> Below:<br /> <br /> <h3>&nbsp;</h3><form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box"><div><input name="cx" type="hidden" value="partner-pub-5692353065172812:6793675021" /><br /> <input name="ie" type="hidden" value="UTF-8" /><br /> <input name="q" size="55" type="text" /><br /> <input name="sa" type="submit" value="Search" /></div></form><br /> <script src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en" type="text/javascript"> </script>Mudassir Rashidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867786028398143534noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442749171796145508.post-42211559827238030822011-03-30T12:30:00.000-07:002011-04-02T02:09:19.484-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thought for the Day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>“Anger is the most impotent of passions.<br /> It effects nothing it goes about,<br /> and hurts the one who is possessed by it<br /> more than the one against whom it is directed.”</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Carl Sandburg<br /> (1878-1967)<br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;">Carl Sandburg</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYfq0P3wlvCD4_lVDTN-ZJS_X1l7Fjjcag75oUqaEUZlUJrpXC0fzs7LOQyrAu445RnGA3MFsba3Vyy5dKw4eied8JSoBL6e4z932CK-5mJNkn3YLIGcyqVhaRvRBGdFhgvR5SmNlHR6M/s1600/carl_sandburg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYfq0P3wlvCD4_lVDTN-ZJS_X1l7Fjjcag75oUqaEUZlUJrpXC0fzs7LOQyrAu445RnGA3MFsba3Vyy5dKw4eied8JSoBL6e4z932CK-5mJNkn3YLIGcyqVhaRvRBGdFhgvR5SmNlHR6M/s200/carl_sandburg.png" width="168" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Born:</strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> January 6, 1878</span><em style="font-weight: normal;"> Galesburg, Illinois</em><br style="font-weight: normal;" /><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Died:</strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> July 22, 1967 </span><em style="font-weight: normal;"> Flat Rock, North Carolina</em> </h3><div style="text-align: justify;">An American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Learn more about this author try <em><strong>Google Custom Search</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></em> </div><h3 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h3></div><form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-5692353065172812:6793675021" /><br /> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="UTF-8" /><br /> <input type="text" name="q" size="55" /><br /> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" /><br /> </div></form><br /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en"></script>Mudassir Rashidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07867786028398143534noreply@blogger.com0