20 Quotes on Achieving Success from Successful People! We spend most of our lives in a constant forward march towards what we define as success. Along the way, we are often faced with speed bumps, obstacle courses, and downright villains. But just when you think you are down and out, you can always rise back to the top again. Just ask the highest achievers of the world, like Ellen DeGeneres and Warren Buffett. These are some helpful words to keep in mind on the road to success, straight from the successful horse’s mouth. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney “Courage is grace under pressure.” – Ernest Hemingway “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your ...

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“ALBERT EINSTEIN, NO LESS” ! – By Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ Link to the original story: Albert Einstein in Colombo and Negombo: October 1922 and January 1923 – By Kirthi Tennakone Just taking my chance to “introduce” the great man who was Albert Einstein, no less! , through two other great men,  Professor Kirthi Tennakone, a gentleman I have not been privileged to meet, & James Alagaratnam, formerly an ex-Peterite, presently, an honoured O.B.U. member of our Alma-Mater in the little town of Bambalapitita, who now  resides in Canada. I have not only been privileged to talk with James, I now consider him a friend who will soon be also a “member” of eLanka which now proudly boasts over ten thousand regular members, who receive a regular “personal” newsletter weekly & the list is growing steadily. . eLanka has thus far, been a website especially for “Lankan/Aussies” but is ...

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