Krishika Sethi's wire posts

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." — Henry David Thoreau

"Believe you can and you're halfway there." — Theodore Roosevelt

Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than to the building of the Great Pyramid – The Great Pyramid was completed around 2560 BCE, while Cleopatra lived around 30 BCE, much closer to modern times.

Sharks predate trees – Sharks have been around for over 400 million years, while the first trees appeared around 350 million years ago.

Octopuses have three hearts – Two pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body. When they swim, the heart pumping to the body actually stops!

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." – Confucius

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." – Chinese Proverb

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." — William Butler Yeats

"The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it." — Anonymous

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." — William James

"Do something today that your future self will thank you for." — Sean Patrick Flanery

"Every moment is a fresh beginning." — T.S. Eliot

"The only person who is truly successful is the one who enjoys the process." - Frank Herbert

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela

The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." — Dalai Lama

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston S. Churchill

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." — Arthur Ashe

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson