Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S Quotes

Take Care Of Your Tongue Like The Way You Take Care Of Gold & Silver.

Beware! Abstain from shedding blood without a valid cause. There is nothing more harmful than this which brings about one's ruin. The blood that is willfully shed shortens the life of a state. On the Day of Judgement it is this crime for which one will have to answer first. So, beware! Do not wish to build the strength of your state on blood for, it is this blood which ultimately weakens the state and passes it into other hands. Before me and my God no excuse for willful killing can be entertained.

Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.

It's never the value of water but thirst, it's never the value of life but death and it's never about the friendship but trust.

There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.

You must be humble, as it is one of the greatest [forms of] worship.

Woman is a delicate creature with strong emotions who has been created by the Almighty God to shoulder responsibility for educating society and moving toward perfection. God created woman as symbol of His own beauty and to give solace to her partner and her family.

Your friends are three and your enemies are three. Your friends are: your friend, the friend of your friend, and the enemy of your enemy. Your enemies are: your enemy, the enemy of your friend, and the friend of your enemy.

The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.

A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something.

Life consists of two days, one for you one against you. So when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you.

Develop in your heart the feeling of love for your people and let it be the source of kindliness and blessing to them. Do not behave with them like a barbarian, and do not appropriate to yourself that which belongs to them. Remember that the citizens of the state are of two categories. They are either your brethren in religion or your brethren in kind. They are subject to infirmities and liable to commit mistakes.

Backbiting is the attempt of one who is incapable of doing better himself.

Nothing hurts a good soul and a kind heart more than to live amongst people who cannot understand it.

When you get ill do not get nervous about it and try as much as possible to be hopeful.

Our enemies are not the Jews or the Christians, our enemy is our own ignorance.

He is the wisest and the most knowing man who advises people not to lose hope and faith in the Mercy of Allah and not to be too sure and over-confident of immunity from His Wrath and Punishment.

You are master of what you say until you utter it, once you deliver it, you are its captive. Preserve your tongue as you do your gold and money. One word could bring disgrace and the termination of a bliss.

A brother is like gold and a friend is like diamond. If gold cracks you can melt it and make it just like it was before. If a diamond cracks, it can never be like it was before.

A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.