English it’s usefulness

English education and English language have done immense goods to India, in spite of their glaring drawbacks. The notions of democracy and self government are the born of English education. Those who fought and died for mother India’s freedom were nursed in the cradle of English thought and culture. The west has made contribution to the East. The history of Europe has fired the hearts of our leaders. Our struggle for freedom has been inspired by the struggles for freedom in England, America and France.

The secret of Napoleon’s success

The mystery of Napoleon’s career was this, that under all difficulties and discouragements, he pressed on. it solves the problem of all heroes, it is the rule by which to weigh rightly all wonderful success and triumphs, marches to fortune and genius. It should be the motto of all ,old and young, high and low, fortunate and unfortunate so called. never despair; never be discouraged ,however stormy the heavens, however dark the way, however great the difficulties and repeated failures. If fortune has played false with you today, it will play true to yourself tomorrow.

Man lives in deeds and not in years

It is true that human life is measured by the no of years.But its real worth depends not upon its length ,but upon the actions.Life without any great deeds is only an existence.Time is a tyrant and sweeps off everybody.No trace or mark is left behind.But man can conquer death. Good deeds,noble deeds live for ever.They are victory over grave.These deeds themselves are the everlasting memorials.

The fools of yesterday are the wise men of today

Most of the people like to make progress through evolution and not through revolution. They stick to their customs,traditions and age-long beliefs. But there are some persons born with visions. But that vision is not appreciated by the then generation. People have no capacity to rise to the height of that seer. There is a vast intellectual gulf between these seers and the common masses. The seer is a great giant standing on the paramount height,while the people of his generation are like dwarfs at the feet.

Every cloud has a silver lining

A dark cloud is a kind of difficulty,calamities,misfortunes.The silver lining is hope for progress,an opportunity to go ahead.Even a thorny bush may have beautiful flowers.So even a clarity may give a man an opportunity to improve and advance.There is some precious germ at the core of the misfortune.Every difficulty is a test and trial of man’s merit,ability,strength.When he passes through an ordeal,he comes out stronger,brighter and nobler.So evenly calamity has some scope for progress.There is no cloud without a silver lining.The wild fire spreads by leaps and bounds when there is stormy

Many a flower is born to blush unseen

This is an eloquent line from celebrated Gray’s Elegy.The poet says that many beautiful flowers bloom in the wilderness.Their sweet fragrance is carried away by gentle breezes.Thus their beauty is unseen,and their sweet smell is simply wasted.Their life is in vain.Such glory in nature can not delight the eye of man.Many precious gems are hidden at the dark bottom of sea.They are there unknown.The same is the fate of merit and ability of man who lives and dies unknown.Mere merit is not enough.It must get the light of education as well as opportunity to progress and prosper.

The apparel of cloth proclaims the man

It is the dress that catches the attention of the world first.Often if not always,dress is an index of character of the man.It is the the man who has the previlege to put on garments.Therefore dress has been a sign of culture and civilisation .Many time dress speaks of the likings,tastes and profession of the man.So it is said that the dress often declares what the man is.The very first look at the dress of a man leads us to the conclusion about his nature,position or occupation.Carlyle has said,”Society is founded upon clothes.”Can we not recognise a clergy or a soldier or a doctor or a ju

Habit is second nature

Habit is a settled and firm practice.When it is done so often it becomes a part of man’s nature.We are inclined to do a thing once,twice and many times.Soon it hardens into a habit.What is done,frequently can be done always.So habit can develop itself into a nature a permanent trait in man.so we must be careful in forming our habit right from the beginning.A man is after all a bundle of habits.If a man cultivates his habits properly he finds no trouble in practicing them in everyday life.Taking the instance of early rising -at first one may be unwilling to leave the warm and comfortable b