Few quotes from the recent books

Here are few quotes from the books I read recently. You can find the collection of books I ready here https://jnsuryaprakash.blogspot.com/2009/03/books-i-read.html. 

1. Lord, protect me from my friends, I can take care of my enemies.
2. Gratitude is a burden, revenge is a pleasure.
3. Dead people receive more flower than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.
4. Never grab a sword by blade, always on the handle side.
5. A wise man profits from enemies better than a fool from his friends.
6. Thomas Alva Edison declined to share Nobel prize with Tesla in 1915, because he don't want Tesla to get recognition.
7. Fools learn from their mistakes, greats learn from others mistakes.
8. Changing the job is more like buying a house rather than buying a dress.
9. Too many give up because there is too much give up around them.
10. Think if it is positive humor or negative humor.
11. You can do anything you want, but you have to believe yourself first.
12. Hyper competitive - win all the times. Self oriented competitive- improving at each opportunity.
13. Keep goals in a place where they are visible.
14. Imagine your current job pays bare minimum wages to survive, would you still do the job? If you say no, change the job.
15. Is the job you are doing is giving you energy or taking energy away from you.
16. To pursue something difficult you need commitment , focus and confidence.
17. Sharks have to move constantly or they will die, People also same thing.
18. You do not need to do everything today, but you have to do something every day.