A > A's Quotes

“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.”
― Nicholas Sparks

“It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.'
'Right, it's primarily his hotness,' I said.
'It can be sort of blinding,' he said.
'It actually did blind our friend Isaac,' I said.
'Terrible tragedy, that. But can I help my own deadly beauty?'
'You cannot.'
'It is my burden, this beautiful face.'
'Not to mention your body.'
'Seriously, don't even get me started on my hot bod. You don't want to see me naked, Dave. Seeing me naked actually took Hazel Grace's breath away,' he said, nodding toward the oxygen tank.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“You deal with me very frankly, and I thank you for it,' said I. 'I will try on my side to be no less honest. I believe these deep duties may lie upon your lordship; I believe you may have laid them on your conscience when you took the oaths of the high office which you hold. But for me, who am just a plain man--or scarce a man yet--the plain duties must suffice. I can think but of two things, of a poor soul in the immediate and unjust danger of a shameful death, and of the cries and tears of his wife that still tingle in my head. I cannot see beyond, my lord. It's the way I am made. If the country has to fall, it has to fall. And I pray God, if this is wilful blindness, that He may enlighten me before too late.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, David Balfour

“The most complete gift of God is a life based on knowledge.”
― Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib

“The innumerable fools have made the learned very scarce”
― Imam Ali (derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“The learned man understands the ignorant for he was once ignorant himself”
― Imam Ali (derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“The ignorant man does not understand the learned for he has never been learned himself.”
― Imam Ali (derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“Knowledge gives life to the soul”
― Imam Ali (derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“To respect the learned is to respect God”
― Imam Ali (derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“Knowledge creates fear of God”
― Imam Ali (derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“Practice makes knowledge perfect.”
― Imam Ali (derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“To teach is to learn”
― Imam Ali (derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“Honesty is divine language.”
― Imam Ali (derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“To fulfill promises is the highest form of integrity”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“Friendship is impossible with a liar”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“enmity is the occupation of fools”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“One's obedience to God is proportionate to one's wisdom.”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“To fight against ones own desires is highest wisdom.”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“The wise aim at perfection”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“The foolish aim at wealth”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“To separate oneself from things of time and to connect oneself with things of eternity is highest wisdom”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“He is really wise whose actions reflect his words”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“Humility is a product of knowledge”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“Self conceit poisons the mind”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“Self conceit impedes progress”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“Pride mars greatness”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)

“Humility is one of the nets spread by real greatness”
― Imam Ali (Derived from Du'a Kumayl)