Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Idleguy

message: There is an adage that successful people do things differently. I am not very successful person, but I have collected certain gems which I saw somewhere in the World Wide Web. They are part of collection by a lady named Laura Bergells. Few of them are presented below:
*Entrance & Exits: My final exit shall be my greatest entrance.
*Mouth & Ears: My ears aren’t made to shut, but my mouth is.
*Mouth & Ears: The tongue is only a few inches from the brain, but to hear some people talk, you’d think the two were miles apart.
*Press Conferences: Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
*Infinite possibilities: I can accept finite disappointment, but I won’t lose infinite hope.
*Speed of light: What light? I’m still looking for the tunnel!!
*New ideas: Our ideas are like children – no matter how much you admire somebody else’s, you still love your own the best.
*New ideas: An optimist takes the cold water thrown on new ideas, heats it with enthusiasm and uses the steam to push them ahead.
*Truth: The truth does not depend on a consensus of opinion.
*Ship: Noah didn’t wait for his ship to come in. . . . He built it!
*Ships: ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for.
*Ships: All the water in the world could not sink a ship unless it got inside. In the same way, all the evil in the world could never sink your soul unless you let it in.
*Job well done: The reward for a job well done is the opportunity to do more work.
*Karma: The rain falls on the just and the unjust. But mostly on the just, because the unjust have stolen their umbrellas.
*Karma: You feel right when you do right.
*Mind games: My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves me completely.
*Troubles: Troubles come to pass, but the do not come to stay.
*Troubles: Live through the tough times: the only way to the other side is through it.
*Worries:  Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of sorrow; it empties today of strength.
*Yesterday: I love you more than yesterday. Yesterday, you got on my nerves.
*Rock Bottom: When the going gets tough. . . Get tougher!
*Rock Bottom: The end is not near. Learn to cope.
*Rock Bottom: When things are bad, I can take comfort in the thought that they can always get worse. And when things get worse, I find hope in the idea that things are so bad they have to get better.
*Thankfulness: Something to be thankful for is that you’re here to be thankful.
*Destiny: Choice, not chance, determines destiny.
*Destiny: Don’t worry about the world ending today. It’s already tomorrow in China.
*Grace: Tact is not only saying the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing a tempting moment.
*Complaining: It’s not the mountain that wears me out – it’s the grain of sand in my shoe.
*Shouting: Shouting and screaming to get people to perform is like using the horn to steer your car.
I have done this in an RfA  as we the wikipedians decided long back to be original!!! And, a number of above sayings stand proved by the process of Idleguy's RfA!!! --Bhadani 10:54, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Do things differently

message: Sir Winston Churchill was not aware that a class of people collectively called Wikipedians shall emerge and they shall collectively be building an encyclopedia that will represent the sum total of human knowledge.  He was also not aware that while involved in this process, the volunteers shall also be doing several other things to manage the show, including providing to some of them with certain administrative tools to function more effectively to protect the credibility of the Project. We, who are part of the Project in any capacity, may learn from some of the words of Churchill:
#I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
#A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. 
#Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. 
#Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
#There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true. 
#To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. 
#I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.
#When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
#Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. 
#I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
I have learnt several new things by nominating Idleguy. My thanks to him and  and all the participants (including those who are yet to record their opinion) for their insight and opinions.  --Bhadani 12:47, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Something more

message: Moving my comment below. 
Sorry for adding this comment to a closed RfA. Just want to bring the issue raised by me to a closure. I feel that there is some merit in SV's claim that Admins need to be more patient than other users because of what they're likely going to endure. But, I strongly feel that adminship itself is a strong moderator on one's temper. On a side note, I'm sorry to say that certain people whom I held in high esteem (including SV) have come down to some degree. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 07:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comment moved from RfA