Alexander and Diogenes

Now when Alexander [the Great] appeared before the Greek leaders in Corinth they greeted him warmly and paid him lavish compliments- all of them, that is but one. A funny fellow, a philosopher named Diogenes. He had views not unlike those of the Buddha. According to him, possessions and all the things we think we need only serve to distract us and get in the way of our simple enjoyment of life. So he had given away everything he owned and now sat, almost naked, in a barrel in the market square in Corinth where he lived, free and independent like a stray dog.

Curious to meet this strange fellow, Alexander went to call on him. Dressed in shining armour, the plume on his helmet waving in the breeze, he walked up to the barrel and said to Diogenes: 'I like you. Let me know your wish and I shall grant it.' Diogenes, who had until then been comfortably sunning himself, replied: 'Indeed, Sire, I have a wish.' 'Well, what is it?' 'Your shadow has fallen over me: stand a little less between me and the sun.' Alexander is said to have been so struck by this that he said: 'If I weren't Alexander, I should like to be Diogenes.'

Source: "A Little History Of The World" by E.H. Gombrich

The Moral of this story is that it pays to have an independent mind. Don't let people sway you from here to there. Get an identity, don't let the quest for material things destroy the you on the inside! 
Find something you are known for!
Best Wishes as always!
D-Motivator.

Pregnant at 18, Best Graduating Student at 25!

Seven years after an unwanted pregnancy forced her to drop out of the University of Ilorin, Aishat Farooq emerges the best graduating student of the Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, reportsTemitayo Famutimi

When Aishat Farooq gained admission into the University of Ilorin at 15, to study Zoology, little did she know that she was not going to be an alumnus of the institution. That was in 2003.

Despite the fact that she was a high flyer in her first two years in UNILORIN, the now 25-year-old indigene of Ilorin West-Local Government Area of Kwara State got distracted along the line. She played the campus love game and got a shocking result: she got pregnant.

It was in 2006 and in her third year. She was pregnant for a fellow student whom she had been dating. She was disappointed in herself and thought the whole world was crashing on her.  Yet, she vowed not to terminate the pregnancy.

20 Quotes To Fuel Your Passion!

1.Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can         achieve. –Napoleon Hill
2. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s         life. –Steve Jobs
3. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert         Einstein
4. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled         by, and that has made all the difference.  –Robert Frost
5. The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’         That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why         not?’ -        Jeffrey Bezos
6. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky
7. I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost         300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning         shot and         missed. I’ve failed over and over and over         again in my life. And         that is         why I succeed. –        Michael Jordan
8. Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth
9. Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all                 achievement. –W. Clement Stone
10. Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other               plans. –John Lennon
11. We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale
12. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the               things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw          off the      bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the              trade winds in your         sails.  Explore, Dream, Discover. –           Mark Twain
13. Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. –           John Maxwell
14. If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always         gotten. –Tony Robbins
15. The mind is everything. What you think you become.  –Buddha
16. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best          time is now. –Chinese Proverb
17. An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates
18. Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen
19. Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. –Napoleon Hill
20. Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. –Vince Lombardi