Quotes to Live By

Words of Wisdom from the Worldly Wise

If you want something, you'll find a way. If you don't want something, you'll find an excuse. ~ Arab Proverb

A thousand effort if you want it, a thousand excuses if you don't. ~ Malay Proverb

Pray for what you want, but work for the things you need.

Asking good questions is half of learning.

Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others.

A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey. ~ Essential Sufism

The sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.'

Look what happens with a love like that. It lights up the whole sky. ~ Poet Hafiz

If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished? ~ Jelaluddin Rumi

Education is the best provision for old age.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. ~ Aristotle

A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing. ~ Prophet Muhammad

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? ~ Jesus

Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. ~ King Solomon

Don't spit into the well - you might drink from it later.

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep.~ Yiddish proverb

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