Inspiring Quotes

• “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ~M. K. Gandhi
• “My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.” ~ Mark Twain
• “One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.”~ Subhash Chandra Bose
• “It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”~ Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
• “You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore

• “Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.” ~ Epictetus
• “Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it.” ~ Elbert Hubbard
• “The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.” ~ Karl Kraus
• “Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.” ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
• “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” ~ Colin Powell

• “Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.” ~ Voltaire
• “A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.” ~ Alexander Pope
• “A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.” ~ Malcolm X

• The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.~ Aldous Huxley, English Writer & Philosopher
• “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. 
• “Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.” ~ Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor and broadcaster
• Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by the age of eighteen. ~Albert Einstein, Scientist
• Being positive in a negative situation is not naive. It’s leadership – Ralph Marston, American football player

• The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.~ Walt Disney, Film Producer
• Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself – Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft
• If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door – Milton Berle, Comedian, Actor
• Don’t listen to yourself; listen to the advice that you give others. – Michael Lottner, Author
• “Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.” ~ Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis
• “Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher
• “The most dangerous things in the world are immense accumulations of human beings who are manipulated by only a few heads.” ~ Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
• Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear ~ Albert Camus, French Philosopher
• “People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” — George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.
• “He who controls the media, controls the mind.”— Noam Chomsky, American professor and public intellectual
• To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. – Joseph Chilton Pearce, Author 
• “There’s only one thing that is an absolute certainty in business – we all make mistakes.” ~ Richard Branson, Entrepreneur 
• Today is your opportunity to build tomorrow you want~ Ken Poirot, Author of Mentor Me
• Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can wrap judgement, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse it’s contagious. ~ James Stewart, American actor and military officer
• To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. – Joseph Chilton Pearce, American author
• “He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
• Fear is you imagining the worst. Faith is you imagining a higher purpose. ~ Tony Robbins, Author & Entrepreneur
• ‘You can do it all, not at the same time and not alone’~ Stephanie Kramer, Chief Human Resources Officer, L’OREAL, USA
• Don’t push your most loyal people to the point that they no longer care. Because if you do, you run the risk of pushing away great talent while settling for mediocrity. ~ Gifford Thomas, Author & Founder, Leadership First
• Good leaders empower their employees, bad leaders micromanage.~ Carlos Cody, Author of Leadership Drip
• “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears”.~ Les Brown,  American politician 

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Surprising Facts

• Left-handedness is also known as “sinistrality” because left-handed people were once thought to be demons.
• According to a study conducted by Harvard, atheists have a higher average IQ (119) than any other religious group of people.
• Studying for 30 to 50 minutes at a time (with 10-minute breaks in between) is the most effective way to retain information.

• If you don’t dream, you most likely have some sort of personality disorder.
• Cats can remember love and kindness shown to them, and return it in the future.
• The sons of Hitler’s nephew all agreed that they would never marry or have children in order to kill Hitler’s bloodline.
• Echoes of laughter linger longer than the shadows of sorrow.
• Psychology says that too much stress literally causes the human brain to freeze and shut down temporarily.
• Studies show that slow music makes people shop leisurely and spend more, while classical music encourages people to buy more expensive items.

• Babies cry but they don’t produce tears until they are 1 to 3 months old.
• The more intelligent you are, the more annoyed you’re likely to get by people in general, but at the same time keep quiet to avoid an argument.
• Stars eat planets.
• It has been medically proven that laughter is an effective pain killer.
• In Denmark, it’s not against the law to escape from prison.
• Leonardo da Vinci could draw with one hand and write with the other.
• Studies suggest that writing down your worries before taking an exam can help you score higher.
• Ambivert is the balance between introvert and extrovert.
• The loudest noise ever recorded was the eruption of the volcano Krakatoa in 1883. The sound traveled around the world multiple times.

• Studies have suggested that gifted people often have bad handwriting because their brains are working faster than their hands.
• Your brain makes decisions for you seconds before you realize you’re making a decision.
• Bees are directly responsible for the production of 70% of fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts that we consume on a daily basis.
• About 68% of people experience “phantom vibration syndrome” where you mistakenly think your phone is buzzing in your pocket.
• The less people know, the more they think they know. This is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect.
• You can “rewire” your brain to be happy by simply recalling 3 things you’re grateful for every day for 21 days.

• Spiders can walk on water, and breathe under it, too.
• A recent study shows that exercising for an hour a day may be enough to counteract the harmful effects of sitting for long periods.
• The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
• An owl has three eyelids: one for blinking, one for sleeping and one for keeping the eye clean and healthy.
• Humans start lying by the age of four.
• Psychology says, the person who tries to keep everyone happy often ends up feeling the loneliest.
• A group of frogs is called an army.
• According to research, siblings may be more influential shapers of who we become than parents.
• The constant fear of death or losing someone is called Thantophobia.
• You can actually have a fear of having a phobia – Phobophobia.
• A librocubicularist is someone who reads in bed.

Interesting Word Meaning

Brocade

• A rich fabric woven with a raised pattern, typically with gold or silver thread. 

Brouhaha

•An over-excited reaction to something, usually a conflict or commotion. 

Argle-bargle

•Meaningless chatter or written words. 

Riposte

•A quick or witty retaliatory reply. 

Clinomania

•An excessive desire to stay in bed.

Polemicist

•A person who engages in controversial debate.

Peregrinate

•To travel or wander around from place to place.

Serendipity

• Finding something good without looking for it.

Nemophilist

• One who is fond of forest; A hunter of the woods.

Peripatetic

•A person who spends his time wandering.

Gadabout

•A person who travels often or to many different places for pleasure.

Sturmfrei

•The freedom of being alone and having the ability to do what you want.

Nefelibata

•One who lives in the clouds of their own imagination.

Wayfarer

•Someone who travels, especially on foot.

Obelus

• The symbol (†) used as a reference mark in printed matter, or to indicate that a person is deceased.

Meldrop

•A drop of mucus at the nose.

Krish Gupta is a student of Class IX, Delhi Public School, Silchar. Krish can be connected on FB (managed by his parents)  https://www.facebook.com/KrishGupta30
Krish Gupta, is the Co-ordinator, of Students’ Corner, KRC TIMES. email: kbjgupta@gmail.com and cc to krctimes@gmail.com

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