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Thomas Drummond-Civil engineer

Property has its duties as well as its rights. - Thomas Drummond

Captain Thomas Drummond, from Edinburgh, Scotland, (1797-1840) was an army officer, civil engineer and senior public official. Drummond used the Drummond light which was employed in the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain and Ireland. - Wikipedia

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Herodotus-Historian

Haste in every business brings failure. - Herodotus

Herodotus (484BC-425BC) was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria and lived in the fifth century BC, a contemporary of Socrates. - Wikipedia

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Abbé Pierre-Priest

Hope is not a matter of age. - Abbé Pierre

Abbé Pierre, OFM Cap, GOQ (1912-2007) was a French Catholic priest, member of the Resistance during World War II, and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement. - Wikipedia

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John Dewey-Philosopher

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. - John Dewey

John Dewey (1859-1952) was a philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. - Wikipedia

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Baden Powell-Founder of Scouting

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others. - Baden Powell

Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM GCMG GCVO KCB DL (1857-1941), also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder of the Scout Movement and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association. - Wikipedia

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Richard Bach-Writer

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however. - Richard Bach

Richard David Bach (born 1936) is an American writer. Bach is widely known as the author of the hugely popular 1970s best-sellers, including Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. - Wikipedia

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Prakash Iyer - Motivational Speaker

Life is all about breaking those mental barriers: leaping across and clean over those little invisible fences. - Prakash Iyer 

Prakash holds a Master of Science degree and completed the AMP program from the Harvard Business School. Prakash also holds several US software patents to his credit. As a mentor and seasoned entrepreneur, Prakash sits on the board of several private and public companies in the US. - webit.big

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The main factor behind success is - self control. - Rig Veda

The Rig Veda is the oldest of the Vedas. All the other Vedas are based upon it and consist to a large degree of various hymns from it. It consists of a thousand such hymns of different seers, each hymn averaging around ten verses. - hindunet.com

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One's own thought is one's world. What a person thinks is what he becomes. - Maitrayana Brahmana

The Maitri or Maitrayaniya Upanishad, belongs to the Maitrayaniya sakha or branch of the Black Yajur Veda. Maitri is the principal teacher and Maitrayana is the name of the shakha to which the Upanishad belongs. It contains seven chapters of which the last two are comparatively modern. The whole Upanishad is later in date than the classical Upanishads which it quotes frequently. - hindunet.org

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Tuesday, 21st June, 2016

Jean-Luc Godard-Film director

A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order. - Jean-Luc Godard 

Jean-Luc Godard (born 1930) is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement La Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave". - Wikipedia

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Monday, 20th June, 2016

Jawaharlal Nehru-Prime Minister of India

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes. - Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) joined the Indian National Congress and joined Indian Nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi’s independence movement. Nehru became independent India’s first prime minister. - biography.com

Sunday, 19th June, 2016

Norman Cousins-Journalist

Life is an adventure in forgiveness. - Norman Cousins

Norman Cousins (1915-1990) was an Adjunct Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of California and a prominent world federalist leader. He became the executive editor (and then editor-in-chief) of the Saturday Review of Literature. He later served as President of the World Federalist Association. - Wikiquote

Saturday, 18th June, 2016

Woody Allen-Actor

Eighty percent of success is showing up.  - Woody Allen

Heywood "Woody" Allen (born 1935) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, playwright and musician, whose career spans more than six decades. - Wikipedia

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Friday, 17th June, 2016

Marcus Tullius Cicero-Roman orator

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 B.C.E.-43 B.C.E.) was Rome's greatest speaker and a productive writer of verse, letters, and works on philosophy and politics that greatly influenced European thought. His speeches and writings would become models for generations to come. - notablebiographies.com

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Thursday, 16th June, 2016

Aman Bansal-Student

I trusted in my abilities - Aman BanSal (IIT-JEE topper)

Aman Bansal (17 years) has topped the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) for 2016. He said he never bothered about rankings and now plans to pursue the coveted BTech course in Computer Science from IIT Mumbai. - Rediff

Wednesday, 15th June, 2016

Gunturu Seshendra Sarma-Poet

కవిత్వం ఒక మెస్మరిజం

కవి కన్ను ఒక ప్రిజం - శేషేంద్ర
Poetry is a kind of mesmerism
Eye of the poem is a kind of prism - Seshendra

Gunturu Seshendra Sarma B.A. B.L., also known as Yuga Kavi, (1927-2007) was a Telugu poet, critic and litterateur. He is well known for his works Naa Desam, Naa Prajalu and Kaala Rekha. - Wikipedia
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Tuesday, 14th June, 2016

Hazrat Inayat Khan-Sufi Philosopher

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful. - Hazrat Inayat Khan

Inayat Khan (1882-1927) was the founder of The Sufi Order in the West in 1914 (London) and teacher of Universal Sufism. He initially came to the West as a Northern Indian classical musician, having received the honorific "Tansen" from the Nizam of Hyderabad, but he soon turned to the introduction and transmission of Sufi thought and practice. His message of divine unity (Tawhid) focused on the themes of love, harmony and beauty.  - Wikipedia.

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Monday, 13th June, 2016

Voltaire-Writer

Common sense is not so common. - Voltaire

François-Marie d'Arouet (1694–1778), better known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French writer and public activist who played a singular role in defining the eighteenth-century movement called the Enlightenment. 

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Sunday, 12th June, 2016

Edmond de Goncourt-Writer

People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug. -  Edmond de Goncourt

Edmond de Goncourt (1882-1896) was a French writer, literary critic, art critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt. - Wikipedia

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Saturday, 11th June, 2016

Kiran Bedi-Police officer

Ethics, decency, and morality are the real soldiers. -Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi (born 1972) is a retired Indian Police Service officer, social activist, former tennis player and politician. She is the current Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. She is the first woman to join the Indian Police Service in 1972. - Wikipedia

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Friday, 10th June, 2016

Muhammad Ali-Professional Boxer

goog_1547655941I hated every minute of training. But I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion." - Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) was an American Olympic and professional boxer and activist, widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. - Wikipedia
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Thursday, 9th June, 2016

Rajendra Prasad-Former President of India

Democracies require the willingness to respect others' viewpoints and a capacity for compromise. - Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) was the first President of the Republic of India. An Indian political leader, lawyer by training, Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar. - Wikipedia

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Wednesday, 8th June, 2016

George W. Crane-Physician

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade in public. Never clothe them in vulgar and shoddy attire. - George W. Crane

George Washington Crane III (1901-1995) was a psychologist and physician, best known as a conservative syndicated newspaper columnist for 60 years, and published at least three books. - Wikipedia

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Saturday, 4th June, 2016

Rama Mahohar Lohia-Freedom Fighter

Satyagraha without constructive work is like a sentence without a verb. - Ram Manohar Lohia

Ram Manohar Lohia (1910-1967) was an activist for the Indian independence movement and a nationalist political leader. - Wikipedia

Monday, 6th June, 2016

Ursula K. Le Guin-Author

Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it. - Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born 1929) is an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. - Wikipedia

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Tuesday, 7th June, 2016

Sachin Tendulkar-Cricketer

It's mental discipline that sets one apart, the ability to think differently and to generate energy in the right direction. - Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. - Wikipedia

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Sunday, 5th June, 2016

M. S. Swaminathan-Scientist

If conservation of natural resources goes wrong, nothing else will go right. - M.S. Swaminathan

Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (born 1925) is an Indian geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India's Green Revolution. - Wikipedia

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Friday, 3rd June, 2016

W. B. Yeats-Poet

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. - W.B. Yeats

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms. - Wikipedia

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Thursday, 2nd June, 2016

Walt Whitman-Poet

Be curious, not judgmental. - Walt Whitman 

Walter "Walt" Whitman (1819-1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. - Wikipedia

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Wednesday, 1st June, 2016

Sam Manekshaw-Field Marshal

Professional knowledge and professional competence are the main attributes of leadership. Unless you know, and the men you command know that you know your job, you will never be a leader. - Sam Manekshaw

Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw MC (1914-2008) was an Indian military leader. He was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. - Wikiquote.

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