Prophet Muhammad - “Your smiling in your brother's face is charity; an exhortation of your fellow man to virtuous deeds is equal to almsgiving, your putting a wanderer in the right road is charity, your assisting the blind is charity; your removing stones and thorns and other obstructions from the road is charity; your giving water to the thirsty is charity.”

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, it seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come". Julius Caesar Quote (Act II, Scene II).

Winners don't do different things. They do things differently.--Shiv Kera

A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed

If the first inward thought is not warded off,it will generate a desire,then the desire will generate a wish,and the wish will generate an intention,and the intention will generate the action,and the action will result in ruin and divine wrath.So evil must be cutt off at its root,which is when it is simply a thought that crosses the mind,from which all the other things follow on.

-Imam abu Hamid al-Ghazzali



If someone wants to know what position he enjoys in the eyes of God,he has only to look at what place he gives to God(in his heart and life)

-Hakim


Innumerable changes of moods are yours,and they are uncontrolled by you.If you knew their origin,you would be able to dominate them.If you cannot localize your own changes,how can you localize that which formed you?

-Jalaluddin al-Rumi



Suffering is a gift.In it is hidden mercy.

-Jalaluddin al-Rumi



When someone criticises or disagrees with you,a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart.If you do not squash that ant at once,it might grow into a snake,or even a dragon.

-Jalaluddin al-Rumi



If you are aware of your humility,then you are arrogant.

-Ibn Ata'illah



If you make intense supplication and the timing of the answer is delayed,do not despair of it.His reply to you is guaranteed;but in the way He chooses,not the way you choose and at the moment He desires,not the moment you desire.

-Ibn Ata'illah



If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable.If dust ascend to heaven,it remains valueless.

-Saadi al-Shiraz


Knowledge is not what is memorised.Knowledge is what benefits.(In other words,that which has results)

-Imam Shafi'


People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads,but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.

-Abu Hamid al-Ghazali


May Allah steal from you All that steals you from Him.

-Rabi'a al- Adawiyya

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pain is just weakness leaving the body -- U.S. Army


The truth shall make you free--John 8:32

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.

-unknown


Nothing is difficult,if you seek it through your lord;
nothing is easy,if you seek it through your self.

-Ibn Ataillah


My heart is so small
Its almost invisilble
How can you place
such big sorrows in it?
"Look,"He answered,
"Your eyes are even smaller,
yet they behold the world."

-Jalaluddin Rumi



Jaffer asked Rabia when a devotee might become content with God.She replied,"When his joy in affliction equals his joy in blessing."

-Abu Makki



Whoever does not hold his tongue cannot understand his deen.

-Al Hasan al-basri



I love God.I have no time left in which to hate the devil.

-Rabia al-Basri

Excellent thread @li and everybody is sharing really some thought provoking quotations. Here's my share @ the moment.. Umm welll its not famous but yet worth sharing.......

" A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with certain set of attitudes."

I removed two posts. Stick to the topic, make it productive, and it can stay in here.

"Thats hot" - I believe it was Oprah Winfrey.

"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. " Muhammad Ali



"A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. " Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

na teer say maro, na talwar say maro, dushman ko marna hai to pyar say maro

All humans are dead except those who have knowledge ... and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds ... and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere ... and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.

Hazrat Imam Malik (RA)

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters as compared to what lies within us

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed only
if there is light from within."
-Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926 -)

The world is what you believe it to be and not what people want you to believe it to be

Prophet Muhammad - “The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry.”

Your love for a certain thing makes you deaf and Blind - Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

~ Albert Einstein

Your White Tee Will To Me Looks Like A Nightgown
Make Ya Mama Proud Take That Thing To Sizes Down
- andre 3000

In the final analysis - we all walk the same earth, we all breathe the same air, and we are all mortal

JFK

If you are not a positive influence in my life, you are not in my life.

~ Author Unknown

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

~ Amelia Earhart

"Acquire knowledge. It enables its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless, it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is an ornament amongst friends; and an armour against enemies."


- Prophet Muhammad

"Maturity is not when you have a strong voice. It is when you have a voice strong enough to pierce through hearts."
- Ayatullah Behjat

"The water dries from the pot slowly without noise and without notification, similarly the breath takes away the soul slowly without noise and notification."
- Rumi

"I am leaving a standard, a yardstick with you, if America and Israel sympathize and praise you , then you should know that something is wrong and we have deviated from the path of our Imam."
- Ayatullah Khomeini

"Poetry is that 2-4 lines that can replace books of knowledge in a manner that touches the soul."
"Some people believe life comes only once but some live each day as if they were given life today, and to be one of them, learn how to die each night."
- Shaheed Muttahari

"Love your homeland and that is none other than the home of aakhira."
- Shaheed Dastagheib

"I recognized my lord by the shattering of my hopes that were soon to be a reality."
- Imam Ali (as)

A very famous and thought-provoking quote from Saadi's Gulistaan/Bustaan.


For those who cant read urdu..

Insaan Say Kutpan(to act/bark like a dog)Nahi Hota.

"Mujhey aik hakayat yaad aai jo Saadi nay Bustaan mein likhi hay,kay aik buzurg ko kuttay nay kata.Ghar aye tu ghar waloon nay dheka kay kuttay nay kaat khaya hay.Aik bholi bhali chotti lerki bhi thi,wo boli..."Ap nay kion na kaat khaya?"Buzurg nay jawaab diya."Beti! Insaan say kutpan nahi hota."Isi tarah say insaan ko chahiyay kay jub koi shareer gali day tu momin ko lazim hay kay airaz(ignore) keray.nahi tu wohi kutpan ki misaal sadiq aaye gi."

"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left."
-Marilyn Monroe

He Who Smelt it Dealt it - Robot Chicken

Below are some rikshaw lines:

# Maalik Ki Gaadi Driver Ka Paseena - Chalti Hai Road Par Ban Kar Haseena

# Buri Nazar Wale, Tera Moonh Kala

# Mera Pakistan Mahan (Lekin Janta Pareshan)

# Qismat Aazma Chuka, Muqadar Aazma Raha Hoon - Aik Baywafa Kay Kahtir Riksha Chala Raha Hoon

# Chandni Raat Beeti Jaa Rahi Hai - Ullu Ki Patthi, Too Ab A Rahi Hai

# Kabhee Side Say Aatee Ho Kabhee Peechay Say Aatee Ho - Meree Jaan Horn Day Day Kar Mujhay Tum Kyon Satateey Ho

# Maan Ki Dua Jannat Ki Hawa - Maan Ki Bud-Dua Ja Beta Rickshaw Chala

# Pappu Yaar Tang Na Ker!

# Zehreeli Nagan

# Koi Jal Gaya, Kisi Nai Dua Di

# Quaid-E-Azam Nay Farmaya - Tu Chal, Main Aayaa

# Main Phir Aaon Ga

# Tapar Hai To Paar Kar Warna Bardaasht Kar

# Maan Ki Dua, Baap Ka Chamaat

# Dekh Magar Pyar Se!

# Khatharnaak Rambo

# Horn Day Ker Paas Kerain

# Chal Dhanno

# Phir Milayngay

# Akhri Shahzada

# Tera Jadoo Chal Gya

# Hosh Ker Kherghosh

# Wo Dekho Mastani Ja Rahi Hay

# Khuda Keray Haseenoo Ke Baap Mar Jeyeen - Maut Ka Bahana Ho Hum Un Ke Ghar Jeyeen

# Abey Kambakath Aisa Soochna Bhi Paap Hoga - Kissi Rooz Tu Bhi Kissi Haseen Ka Baap Hoga

^ Yaar lagta hay aap Indian Rickshon per ziyada safar kertay hain.

Bosa aisee cheez hay jo bacchay ko bin maangay, naujawaan ko jiddo-jehad kerkay aur boorhay ko qeemtan milti hay - Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi

A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.

Chinese Proverb

: :
Baree hee anmol cheeze hei yeh. Qismat waloan hee ko miltee hei

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
Jean Rostand, Thoughts of a Biologist (1939)

“Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.”

"We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was landed on us"

“The struggle we undergo to remain faithful to one we love is little better than infidelity.”

I want to know God's thoughts... the rest are details.
Albert Einstein

To begin, begin.

William Wordsworth

To Err is Human. To forgive is not this Forum Policy.

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Regards.

"Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired."

-Richard Kemph

By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise.

Adolf Hitler

Plain and simple, when I wake up in the morning I piss excellence -- Ricky Bobby

"Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts"
-Francios

"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it."
-Geroge Washington

"Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and noble temper."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Have faith in your dreams and someday your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep believing, the dream that you wish will come true.”

"I'm Shiva, Goddes of Death" - Michael Clayton 2007, played by George Clooney

Shiva is the godess of dance ^ 0_o

Jera maza tind wich na sher wich na pind wich
-kaka Mana

Gratitude is such an uncool reflex, I never developed it.
Zaphod Beeblebrox, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty;to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless;to forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?
-William Thackeray

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
-Buddah

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter - that would be my life.
-Jasper Johns

I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.
-Muhammad Ali

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning.
-Louis L'Amour

Always cut the cards...and smile when you lose.
-Robert Heinlein

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
-Buddah

Try not to become a person of success, but rather a person of value.
-Einstein

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
-Martin Luther

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
-Buddah

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
-Buddah

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
-Joseph Campbell