THE NP CHRONICLE : 8TH JULY

               The NP Chronicle

                         8th July 

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (born 8 July 1972), also known as Dada (meaning "elder brother" in Bengali), is an Indian cricket administrator and former cricketer and captain of the Indian national cricket team. He is popularly called the Maharaja of Indian Cricket. He is regarded as one of India's most successful cricket captains. As captain, he led Indian national team to win the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and reach the final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2004 Asia Cup.

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"Always remember, if you decide to allow your frustrations to rule, the next day will be even tougher. The world, moving at its own pace, barely cares about your sentiments. I know it is easier said than done, but you will have to find a way to conquer the feeling of despondency."

-- Sourav Ganguly

"The rule of the professional jungle suggests that to win battles you have to embrace pressure and not be

frightened."

-- Sourav Ganguly

"The bottom line is, you will enjoy your holidays only when there is pressure in your work."

-- Sourav Ganguly

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest Americans of all time and one of the richest people in history. Rockefeller was born into a large family in Upstate New York who moved several times before eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio. He became an assistant bookkeeper at age 16 and went into several business partnerships beginning at age 20, concentrating his business on oil refining. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870. He ran it until 1897 and remained its largest shareholder. In his retirement, he focused his energy and wealth on philanthropy, especially regarding education, medicine, higher education, and modernizing the Southern United States.

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"I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature."

-- John D. Rockefeller 

"The secret to success is to do the common things uncommonly well."

-- John D. Rockefeller 

"I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything."

-- John D. Rockefeller 

"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it."

-- John D. Rockefeller 

"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty."

-- John D. Rockefeller 

"If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it."

-- John D. Rockefeller 

Today is:

▪︎ Birth anniversary of John D. Rockefeller, Sourav Ganguly

▪︎ Death anniversary of Percy Bysshe Shelley, King II-sung