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Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires) and be one of the commoners among the people
Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.
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Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
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Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.
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The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself.
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A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties.
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Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.
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Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee therefore be at rest from seeking after it.
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The relation of patience to iman is like the relation of the head to the body. If the head is chopped off, the body becomes useless. Then he raised his voice and said: Certainly, the one who has no patience has no iman, and patience is like a riding-beast that nevers gets tired
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Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
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A person of riyaa (showing off) has three characteristics : He is lazy when alone, energetic when with others, and increases in his actions when he is praised while decreasing in them when he is criticized.
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Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.
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Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.
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The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.
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Allah, the Exalted, gave the angels intellect without desires, He gave the animals desires without intellect, and He gave both to the sons of Adam. So a man whose intellect prevails over his desires is better than the angels, whilst a man whose desire prevails over his intellect is worse than the animals.
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Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.
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