Quotes and Sayings

1.  To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

2.   If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

3.   Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

4.   A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.

5.  The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

6.     To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

7.     A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

8.     Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

9.     If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

10.   You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

11.   A room without books is like a body without a soul.

12.   Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Quotes By Scholars

1. Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. Oscar Wilde
2. Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. Albert Einstein
3. There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. Aristotle
4. Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. Pablo Picasso
5. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. Colin Powell
6. Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. Robert Frost
7. A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. John F. Kennedy
8. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Snore and you sleep alone. Anthony Burgess
9. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill, Sir
10. Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.Scott Adams - The Dilbert Principle
11. A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. Robert Frost

Quotes are Product of Wisdom

1.        Reason is not what decides love.

2.        Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

3.        Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

4.        The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.

5.        Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master.

6.        The rulers are mirrors in which the citizens can view their own deeds.

7.        Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

8.        Sometimes the best way to get someone's attention is to stop giving him yours.

9.        Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

10.     Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

11.     Make some room, create some space, so that you can find the life underneath your life situation.

12.     The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.

13.     Perfect maturity is when a person hurts you, and you try to understand his situation and don't hurt him back.

14.     The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

15.     Arguing with stupid people is like killing the mosquito on your cheek, you might or might not kill it, but you'll end up slapping yourself!

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.