193 Quotes by Ali ibn abi talib

A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance.

Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.

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.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

Stubbornness destroys good advice.

Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.

Reciter and listener of the Qur'an are alike in prize and reward.

Put aside your pride, Set down your arrogance, And remember your grave.

In this world, man is a target of death, an easy prey to calamities, here every morsel and every draught is liable to choke one, here one never receives a favour until he loses another instead, here every additional day in one's life is a day reduced from the total span of his existence, when death is the natural outcome of life, how can we expect immortality.