Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Hate no one, no matter how much they've wronged you. Live humbly, no matter how wealthy you become. Think positively, no matter how hard life is. Give much, even if you've been given little. Keep in touch with the ones who have forgotten you, and forgive who has wronged you, and do not stop praying for the best for those you love.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Hate #Thinking #Giving

“Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Done

“Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Wisdom #Taken #Islamic

“There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Envy #Manners #Bad Manners

“When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Wise #Men #Ignorant

“The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Clouds #Passing Away #Alive

“Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Inspiring #Men #Insightful

“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.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Lazy #Three #Action

“Silence is the best reply to a fool.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Silence #Fool #Silence Is

“Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Meaningful #Wisdom #Islamic

“The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Soul #Body #Feeding

“Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Cost #Courtesy

“A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Wisdom #Islamic #Three

“Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Beautiful #People #Good People

“How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins is present while worrying about his future - but weeps in the future by recalling his past. He lives as though death shall never come to him - but dies in a way as if he were never born.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Past #Men #Worry

“Put aside your pride, Set down your arrogance, And remember your grave.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Wisdom #Islamic #Pride

“Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Water #Ego #Soul

“"The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it."”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Religious #Devotion #Form

“The best revenge is to improve yourself.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Revenge #Best Revenge #Improving Yourself

“A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Regret #Moments #Thousand

“It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Wise #Enemy #Foolish

“Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Judging #Secret #Sin

“Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Wisdom #Islamic #Piercings

“The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Wisdom #Islamic #Light

“Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Wisdom #Islamic #Soul

“To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Fighting #Desire

“Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Islamic #Heart #Enemy

“He who understands humanity seeks solitude”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Solitude #Humanity

“Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.”
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Wisdom #Pain #Islamic

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

#Heart #Animal #Self