Shahryar Mirza Quotes

You know, Urdu has perhaps the finest word for autobiography. Two words, as a matter of fact. Savanah-e-Umri - the occurrences or accidents of one's life, literally. I like it over everything else. Isn't it wonderful? Isn't that what really happens to us all, occurrences, accident? ~ Mirza Waheed

Religion is a personal matter between God and man, and that force plays no role in it ~ Mirza Masroor Ahmad

It is extremely difficult for believers, if not impossible, to draw a clear line between the facts and fantasies of their beliefs. Most often they are raised as children in the cradle of faith and, before they ever become capable of judging the truth or falsehood of their beliefs, they already become an integral part of their system. The few who awaken from their mental state of lethargy and oblivion do so at the cost of their religion but seldom admit this fact publicly. They keep wearing the same garb under the same title so that despite the loss of faith their religion continues to survive merely as a symbol of identity. This, unfortunately, is the fate of all religions which deny rationality any instrumental role in judging the validity of their beliefs. ~ Mirza Tahir Ahmad

In the midst of our lives we must find the One who tends to our scars, mends our hearts, and heals our souls. ~ Aisha Mirza

night has enveloped, to give me some relief
now invisible are walls of separation, and thy grief

where blood quenches the thirst
disloyalty is faith last and first
is the religion my beloved belongs to

I beckoned, red and black robed lady with a wand
let me take her by the hand
heard of her about sorcery
her powers useless, and witch now about to succumb
from just a gaze of eyes filled with Kohl of Leila

my nights worthless, body breathless
every moment, feeling restless
be silent and hear, hear me, my cries
don't forget the promise you swore
I have lost my childhood over you

don't know, how these years left me alone
sufferings, separation, theft me alone
I never knew how pain excrutiates
sometimes, i enlivened you my dear
Love is a blessing, and not a fear

in a melancholy cloudy day, I mourn
glistening eyes, weeping sky, and heart torn
I gaze from a window in Kashmir
For a moment, condoling the tragedy, sighing
In sombre time, lifeless, as if dying ~ Mirza Sharafat Hussain Beigh

Is this not the reason I write, to leave a piece of me behind? ~ Aisha Mirza

You Are Not Too Bad, That Is Why You Are Second. ~ Murtaza Mirza

Poetry emerges from the depths of struggle.
It comes up fighting, demanding to be heard. ~ Aisha Mirza

The air between them was changed from what he remembered. There had always been tenderness but now there was a charge, too. He was aware of his body and hers alone. ~ Fatima Farheen Mirza

Only the dead has seen th end of war ~ Mirza Tabish

In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait. ~ Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

Tennis is a funny game, and it takes a life-time of keeping one's eyes open on the circuit to have any chance of understanding the strange phenomena that exist in our exciting sport! ~ Sania Mirza

Are you happy," he asked.
"I am." she said. And then she twisted again the row of bangles on her wrist. "I'm content. My parents are happy. ~ Fatima Farheen Mirza

I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib ~ Khushwant Singh

…in the twentieth century
grief lasts at most a year.'

I have used this quote from the Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet as a prelude to a small tale before I go on to the War in iraq. The reason I chose to use this quote is because I wonder how long grief lasts in the twenty-first century. Is it now a month? Two weeks? Or just enough time for the television cameras to record it and then it's over? I don't know. ~ Saeed Akhtar Mirza

What I resist persists. What I accept is transformed. ~ Mirza Yawar Baig

My biggest strength is that no one can read my forehand ~ Sania Mirza

On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents. ~ Sania Mirza

Love For All; Hatred for None ~ Mirza Nasir Ahmad

One of the thrills of playing at the top tennis centres of the world is to see the Indian flag go up whenever I'm participating in these events. That's enough motivation for any Indian who has the opportunity to perform at these tournaments. ~ Sania Mirza

You burn like hell, pure red and stormy and I fly like smoke, pure black and gloomy. ~ Mirza Sharafat Hussain Beigh

A story is inside of us all. Each word and sentence is alive and we grace the pages to keep it from dying. ~ Aisha Mirza

I'm not a perfect Muslim; I think none of us are perfect human beings. I do the five pillars of Islam, you know, I pray five times a day. ~ Sania Mirza

Thoughtful minds grow, from the sharpened awareness of those who have lived life; through love, curiosity and tragedy. ~ Aisha Mirza

As long as I am winning, people shouldn't care whether my skirt is six inches long or six feet long. How I dress is a very personal thing. It is scary that every time I wear a T-shirt, it becomes a talking point for the next three days. ~ Sania Mirza

I will wait by the gate until I see your face. I have waited a decade, haven't I, in this limited life? Waiting in the endless one would be no sacrifice. And Inshallah one day, I know I will see you approaching. You will look just as you did at twenty, that year you first left us, and I will also be as I was in my youth. We will look like brothers on that day. We will walk together, as equals. ~ Fatima Farheen Mirza

There are a thousand quiet heartbreaks, amid the loud ones that we hear about. She sometimes thinks. Some carry on quietly, over a lifetime. ~ Mirza Waheed

You want to try and win as many slams as possible in your career. As a tennis player, that's what we always dream of as a kid, wanting to play slams, wanting to win them. ~ Sania Mirza

We don't really need great amounts of anything. We just need a little of something great. ~ Aisha Mirza

Layla shuts her eyes, not wanting him to to see her looking at him. What is it about caring for another, feeling love, feeling affection, at times desire, that makes one shy? Even in front of her own husband she feels that hesitation of expression. ~ Fatima Farheen Mirza

The words & deeds of those who are rightly guided speak for themselves.They need no force to spread their faith ~ Mirza Masroor Ahmad