Saturday, September 15, 2012

Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes

Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


A man's measure is his will. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


If poverty were a man, I would have slain him. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 

Let me alone, and go in search of someone else. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib 


No one has ever suffered from his people as I have. 
Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Abu Bakr Quotes

Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah. 
Abu Bakr 


Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile. 
Abu Bakr 


Knowledge is the life of the mind. 
Abu Bakr 


Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God. 
Abu Bakr 


Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives. 
Abu Bakr 


Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. 
Abu Bakr 

The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah. 
Abu Bakr 


He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise. 
Abu Bakr 


Be good to others, that will protect you against evil. 
Abu Bakr 


If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse. 
Abu Bakr 


The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty. 
Abu Bakr 


It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. 
Abu Bakr 


Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path. 
Abu Bakr 


He who avoids complaint invites happiness. 
Abu Bakr 


Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. 
Abu Bakr 


Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed. 
Abu Bakr 


Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it. 
Abu Bakr 


When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek. 
Abu Bakr 


If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people. 
Abu Bakr 


He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness. 
Abu Bakr


Solitude is better than the society of evil persons. 
Abu Bakr 


Jihad is obligatory for the Muslims. 
Abu Bakr 


To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad. 
Abu Bakr 


He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him. 
Abu Bakr 


Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God. 
Abu Bakr 


O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out. 
Abu Bakr 

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth. 
Abu Bakr 


Run away from greatness and greatness will follow you. 
Abu Bakr 


There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility. 
Abu Bakr 


Have an earnestness for death and you will have life. 
Abu Bakr 


When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation. 
Abu Bakr 


When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God. 
Abu Bakr 


If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice. 
Abu Bakr 


He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith. 
Abu Bakr 


He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep. 
Abu Bakr 


If you want to control other people, first control yourself. 
Abu Bakr 


God blesses him who helps his brother. 
Abu Bakr 


Muslims should live like brothers. 
Abu Bakr 


God helps those who fear Him. 
Abu Bakr 


The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation. 
Abu Bakr


Intentions count in your actions. 
Abu Bakr 


He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone. 
Abu Bakr 


You should not quarrel with your neighbour, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people. 
Abu Bakr 


Maybe a thing that you do not like is really in your interest. It is possible that a thing that you may desire may be against your interest. 
Abu Bakr 


He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest. 
Abu Bakr 


Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. 
Abu Bakr 

In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes. 
Abu Bakr 


Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy. 
Abu Bakr 


Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing. 
Abu Bakr 


It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin. 
Abu Bakr 


Youth is not restored by the dyeing of your hair. 
Abu Bakr 


Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice. 
Abu Bakr 


The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction. 
Abu Bakr 


Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest. 
Abu Bakr 


There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened. 
Abu Bakr

Hassan Nasrallah Quotes

Among them, there were Muslims, Christians, and Jews living together. But then violent organizations came, bringing with them many large groups of people from various parts of the world to Palestine. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


However, there is no legal and legitimate state called Israel. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


In man - in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that they're occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the people's will is what achieves victory. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


I believe that Palestine is an occupied land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River, and this is the right of the entire Palestinian people, this land. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


If you are asking for my point of view, I would say that the Palestinians should go back to Palestine. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle. 
Hassan Nasrallah 

Force is the duty of the state, not Hizbullah. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


However, they did not treat the reasons that led to this condition. I believe that the conditions in the Palestinian territories are alway capable of explosion because the same circumstances are there. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


I am against any reconciliation with Israel. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


If you want my opinion, I say that this is a state based on occupation, that has usurped the rights of others. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


In the end, we are part of this region, and we are affected by its developments. What we may do or not do in the future depends on the nature of what happens here in the region. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


Israel remains a foreign body in this large area, and it always proved that it is unable to coexist with this environment, because the, the scope of the massacres that it has committed does not permit it to coexist. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


It's not the first time that I speak with American journalists. I've had meetings with many different newspapers and stations, and I've ha - never had a problem with meeting with American journalists. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


On this land, Muslims, Christians and Jews can coexist together, as they have - as they had for the - for hundreds of years in the framework of a democratic state. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


The ones who were negotiating are now on the front line of this intifada, because they found that the negotiations didn't give them the minimum of their rights. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


The Palestinian must stop throwing stones, and the Israelis must stop firing rockets. And in the view of the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, rockets are equal to stones. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


The problem is we disagree about the origin. Is this occupied land or not? 
Hassan Nasrallah 


We did not start a fight with America, and we don't want a war with America. If someone launches an attack, though, we will respond. We will not take rejection or humiliation. We do not want to fight. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


What is being talked about now is the probability of the Sharon government launching an attack against Lebanon to eliminate the resistance of Hezbollah by using the American war against Iraq. But, of course, in this case, we will certainly fight with all our strength. 
Hassan Nasrallah


When a peace agreement is concluded between the Lebanese government and Israel, we would surely disagree with the Lebanese government about that, but we would not make any turmoil out of it. 
Hassan Nasrallah 


Would you allow a people to come from somewhere else and occupy a part of the United States, and set up an independent state, and, after 50 years, you would not be able to stay on this land? 
Hassan Nasrallah 


You can look at the West Bank. Cities are like prisons. They can be closed quickly by the Israeli forces, and everything stops in these cities. This is the result of Oslo. 
Hassan Nasrallah

Muammar al-Gaddafi Quotes

I cannot recognise either the Palestinian state or the Israeli state. The Palestinians are idiots and the Israelis are idiots. 
Muammar al-Gaddafi 


There must be a world revolution which puts an end to all materialistic conditions hindering woman from performing her natural role in life and driving her to carry out man's duties in order to be equal in rights. 
Muammar al-Gaddafi 


We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination. 
Muammar al-Gaddafi 


We have been terrorised by what happened in America and we express our condolences to the American people who suffered from this unexpected catastrophe and a new world war. 
Muammar al-Gaddafi 


Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money. 
Muammar al-Gaddafi 


Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin. 
Muammar al-Gaddafi 

The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. 
Muammar al-Gaddafi

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Quotes

My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


Failure is a word unknown to me. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


Expect the best, Prepare for the worst. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah 


You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil. 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah