Some Quotes and excerpts I enjoyed

While reading, I used to note down passages that impressed me and some of the writing and quotes are shared below:

1. Sandal tree, as if to prove how sweet to conquer hate by love, perfumes the axe that lays it low.
2. Half open doors are always half closed doors. But, fully opened doors are never fully closed.
3. The trouble with not having a goal is that you spend your life running up and down the field and  never score.
4. I complained because I had no shoes , until I saw one with no feet.
5. You are not matured, until you expect the unexpected.
6. Bad temper, real or contrived, serves as a No Trespassing sign.
7. If God be with you, who can be against you.
8. Beware of what you want, for you will get it - Emerson
9. So many Gods, so many creeds , so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all that the sad world needs.
10. Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.
11. Oh God, please save me from my friends. I will deal with my enemies myself.
12. Do the thing that you fear and the death of fear is certain - Emerson
13. Abuse that is not answered is like a food rejected by the guest which reverts to the host- Buddha
14. So little done, so much to do - Cecil Rhodes
15. Dream is not what you see in sleep. It is the things which does not let you sleep- Dr Kalam
16. Arrow goes forward only after pulling in backwards. Bullet goes forward only after pressing the trigger backward. Such that, every human being will be happy only after facing difficulties in their life path. So, don't be afraid to face your difficulties- they will push you forward
17. The absence of noise is not the presence of peace.
18. Character is what you are in the dark - Lord John Whorfin
19. Someone please give me back the days that have passed away.
20. It is better to deserve honours and not have them rather than to have them and not to deserve them.
21. When God leads you to the edge of the cliff, trust Him fully and let go. Only one of two things will happen. Either He will catch you when you fall or He will teach you to fly.
22. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you and then you Win - Gandhiji
23. If God answers your prayer, He is increasing your faith. If He delays , He is increasing your patience. If He does not answer, He knows you can handle it.
24. I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone- Bill Cosby
25. Boats are safer in harbour. But, that's not what they are built for.