Dinie Rashid Quotes

Failure is not falling to the ground; it is remaining there once you have fallen and the greatest failure is when you decide not to stand up again. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Just like in medicine, when the normal medicine no longer works, one resorts to surgery. And the revolutions is like the surgery: It's painful, and it's the last resort for nations. ~ Rashid Al-Ghannushi

These were not the words of a madman. For the first time, Tariq saw what Shahrzad saw when she looked at Khalid Ibn al-Rashid. He saw a boy. Who loved a girl. More than anything in the world. And he hated him all the more for it. ~ Renee Ahdieh

The reason which cause to hate someone will never be a valid reason, so think twice and thrice on that reason before you start hating anyone. ~ Rashid Jorvee

Oh, yeah, I'm all about ritual. ~ Rashid Johnson

Most people talk; we do things. They plan; we achieve. They hesitate; we move ahead. We are living proof that when human beings have the courage and commitment to transform a dream into reality, there is nothing that can stop them. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

She shook her head, though her shoulders trembled and her nails dug into her palms. "You are ridiculous, Khalid Ibn al-Rashid. I am just one girl. You are the Caliph of Khorasan, and you have a responsability to a kingdom."

"If you are just one girl, I am just one boy."

Shahrzad closed her eyes, unable to hold the fierce light in his gaze. ~ Renee Ahdieh

I will never abandon one opportunity and wait for another. We have not reached the goal we are striving for. What you see now is nothing compared to our vision…just tiny parts of what lies ahead. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Not every rider is a horseman and not every horseman is a knight. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Every nation can harness the energy of its citizens, either towards constructive work to generate optimism and hope, or towards tensions, unrest and war. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Helping those less fortunate than us is a blessed opportunity to show thanks for the gifts of life that we ourselves enjoy. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

[Mullah Omar] gave himself this religious title. So it was something that all those people there who swore an oath of loyalty to him as a religious leader could not easily get rid of. ~ Ahmed Rashid

You are ridiculous, Khalid Ibn al-Rashid. I am just one girl. You are the Caliph of Khorasan, and you have a responsibility to a kingdom."
"If you are just one girl, I am just one boy. ~ Renee Ahdieh

We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradition of that. ~ Rashid Al-Ghannushi

In our modern age - in the age of free information - I don't think there is any place for dictatorships. ~ Rashid Al-Ghannushi

I can bring in all these different components, and I marry these components, and I let them get traversed by the viewer, who reorganizes them. ~ Rashid Johnson

The impossible cannot be where there is perseverance and faith. There is no impossible in life. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Rashid was crushed in his wheelchair when one of Israel's huge US-supplied bulldozers demolished his home with the family inside. Thanks to prevailing moral standards, such acts are also excluded from the canon of terrorism (or worse, war crimes), by virtue of wrong agency.3 ~ Noam Chomsky

I've always had an interest in complicating the way that we perceive the black character, whether it's the black academic or scholar or activist or black intellectual. ~ Rashid Johnson

My father had a big brick cell phone, before anyone had a cell phone, because he was really just into that kind of thing - communication devices. I grew up between my father's laboratory and my mother's library. ~ Rashid Johnson

Are you finally starting to breathe in a normal fashion?" Shahrzad teased. "I must confess I find your behavior rather odd, considering you said only a child would be afraid to fly."
"I wasn't afraid." Khalid wrapped a forearm of corded muscle around her. She slanted a disbelieving look his way. "You just lied to me."
"I wasn't afraid," he repeated. "I was terrified. ~ Renee Ahdieh

My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn't change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change - we can be miserable or we can be happy. It's what you make of your life. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Oh!" Hadassah said, a catch in her throat. "Put me down, please."
Rashid knew in that instant they were in the lion's den. ~ Francine Rivers

Tunisia will continue to be a source of influence, not through its size but through the ideas and the models that it represents. ~ Rashid Al-Ghannushi

Our goal is to be among the best nations worldwide because the Emirati people will settle for nothing less than the best. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

As things go digital, the notion of new editions will go away. A publisher can add video and assessment content at scale, make the change in 30 seconds and it's just a software update. ~ Osman Rashid

I don't have any other skills. Some artists say that to mean that their embodied passion for art gave them no choice. I say it, very specifically, to say that I really didn't have any other options. ~ Rashid Johnson

No one in the Emirates is above the law and accountability. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

There is a wide knowledge gap between us and the developed world in the West and in Asia. Our only choice is to bridge this gap as quickly as possible, because our age is defined by knowledge. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

We are now shocked at the current spate of alphabetic scandals - IRS, AP, NSA, VA. But why are we surprised, given that Obama never told the truth about his relationships with the old terrorist Bill Ayers and former PLO ad hoc spokesman Rashid Khalidi, or about the creepy land deal with the crook Tony Rezko? If the Obama White House demonized the Tea Party as tea-baggers, or compared the Republican House opposition to terrorists and arsonists, why should we be astonished, given how he was elected to the U.S. Senate? Quite mysteriously, his primary opponent, Blair Hull, and his general-election opponent, Jack Ryan, both of whom were favored to win, had their confidential divorce records leaked. Their campaigns subsequently imploded. ~ Anonymous

Why are we here on earth? To create. It's in our nature. ~ Karim Rashid

Does running water stop when it reaches a rock? Of course not. It turns either left or right, and continues its way. Likewise, a positive person is confident that no challenge will stand in the way of achieving his or her goal. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Growing up in Chicago, there was a very particular type of home that would display the black Jesus figure. It wasn't a radical home. You wouldn't find these in a Black Panther house. There's still a strong allegiance to Christianity. ~ Rashid Johnson

We control the machine. At one point the machine controlled us. ~ Karim Rashid

I started rereading 'The Dutchman' - I kind of just pulled it off the shelf. ~ Rashid Johnson

I used to sleep in the desert once every week, now it is every two weeks, most of the time alone. It's beautiful. What I enjoy is taking my food and cooking for myself. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

We can speak of war as vehemently as some others do, but because we believe otherwise as Muslims, we prefer to speak of peace. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries. ~ Rashid Al-Ghannushi