Scholars Speak About Hope

1.            He that lives upon hope will die fasting. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,Poor Richard's Almanac

2.            A man begins to die when he ceases to expect anything from Tomorrow. ABRAHAM MILLER, Unmoral Maxims

3.            The word which God has written on the brow of every man is Hope.VICTOR HUGO, Les Misérables

4.            Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight. HENRY WARD BEECHER,Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit

5.            Do not invest your whole life in one hope. AUSTIN O'MALLEY,Keystones of Thought

6.            Hope, the magician, charms the distant prospect, And fancy pictures all the world as good!  C. B. LANGSTON, "Youth"

7.            Hope is the beacon which points to prosperity. EDWARD COUNSEL, Maxims

8.            Hope is what keeps you going, but hope keeps you focused on the future, and this continued focus perpetuates your denial of the Now and therefore your unhappiness. ECKHARD TOLLE, The Power of Now

9.            How can hope be false when it is as much a part of the human experience as birth or death? LORI HOPE, Help Me Live

Scholarly Wisdom

1. If you never try you’ll never know.
2. None of us is as smart as all of us.
3. Take risks and conquer your fears.
4. Tough time doesn’t last.  Tough people do.
5. I need Allah in every single moment of my life.
6. A wise man never knows all, a fool knows everything.
7. Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.
8. Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
9. More mistakes, more experience. More experience, less mistakes.
10. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
11. In youth we want to change the world; in old age want to change youth.
12. If you are patient in moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
13. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. 
14. Great People talk about ideas, average people talk about events; small people talk about other people.
15. You can tell whether a person is clever by his answers, you can tell whether a person is wise by his questions. 

Some Quotes

1. Self example wins the hearts.
2. It is sheer folly to expect justice from the unprincipled.
3. No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.
4. Living is an art and successful people are the real artists.
5. The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams.
6. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be. Because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
7. Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt.
8. Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
9. Friends are not the people you meet at the top they are the people who were with you at the bottom.
10. Prayer is a universal key to unlock all the doors of Allah's blessings.
11. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.
12. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
13. Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.
14. Always, always trust your first gut instincts. If you genuinely feel in your heart and soul that something is wrong, it usually is.

Sayings to Contemplate Upon

1. Surround yourself with people who know your worth. You don't need too many people to be happy, just a few real ones who appreciate you for exactly who you are.
2. Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and say thanks to Allah for the troubles we don't have.
3. A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise.
4. The older I get, the less I care about what people think of me.
5. You can never build yourself up by tearing someone else down.
6. Hope is the little voice you hear whisper "maybe" when it seems the entire world is shouting "NO".
7. No matter how good a person you are there will always be someone criticizing you.
8. You lose yourself trying to hold on to someone who does not care about losing you.
9. Everybody you fight with is not your enemy and everybody that helps you is not your friend.

Wise People Sayings

1. Who can forgive sins but God alone?
2. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
3. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
4. A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
5. The problem with closed minded people is that their mouth is always open.
6. Appreciate what you have, since you don't know what you've got until it's taken away from you.
7. Learn to admit your mistakes before someone exaggerates the story
8. Not the hammer strokes, but the dance of of the water, shapes up the pebbles into perfection.
9. As you would blame others, blame yourself; as you would forgive yourself, forgive others.

Sayings of Scholars

1. The strongest among you is the one who controls his anger.
2. You have two characters which Allah likes; gentleness and deliberation.
3. Be good to others that will protect you against evil.
4. Don't forget your own self while preaching to others.
5. The strongest among you is he who subdues himself.
6. It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.
7. Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.