Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib Quotes:

  • One who develops the trait of greediness and avance invites degradation. One who keeps on advertising his poverty and ill-luck will always be humiliated. One who has no control over his tongue will often have to face embarrassment and discomfort.

  • When few blessings come your way, do not drive them away through thanklessness.
  • Parsimony and avarice is ignominy and disgrace, Cowardice is a defect and vice, poverty often makes the wisest and the most educated person hold his tongue even from the most reasonable argument, A poor man is a stranger in his own town, misfortune and helplessness are calamities, patience and ability to suffer in silence is kind of bravery, to sever connections with vicious world is greatest wealth and fortune , Piety is the best defense and the best Armor.   

  • “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.”      
  • “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.”

  •  “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.”

  •  “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.”

  • “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.”

  •  “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.”

  • A fool’s mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man’s tongue is under the control of his mind.
  • “The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.”
  • “There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.”
  • “Honesty will guide you to goodness, and goodness will invite you to heaven.”
  •  “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.”

  • “Tears only dry up as a result of hardness of the heart, and the hearts only harden as a result of frequent sinning.”
  •  “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.”

  • He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
  • Avarice is disgrace; cowardice is a defect; poverty often disables an intelligent man from arguing his case; a poor man is a stranger in his own town; misfortune and helplessness are calamities; patience is a kind of bravery; to sever attachments with the wicked world is the greatest wealth; piety is the best weapon of defense.

  • Man is a wonderful creature; he sees through the layers of fat (eyes), hears through a bone (ears) and speaks through a lump of flesh (tongue).

  • Live among people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.

  • Overlook and forgive weaknesses of generous people. because if they fall down Hand of God lifts them.
  • Surrender and acceptance to the Will of God are the best companions; Wisdom is the noblest heritage; theoretical and practical knowledge are the best marks of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem.

  • When this word favors any body it lends him qualification, attributes and surpassing merits of others, and when it turns its face away from him is snatches away even his own excellence and fame.

  • One who takes account of his shortcomings will always gain by it, one who is unmindful of them will always suffer. One who is afraid of the Day of Judgment is safe from the Wrath of God; one who takes lessons from happenings of life gets vision, one who acquires vision becomes wise , and one who attains wisdom achieves knowledge.

  •  Treat people in such a way and live among them in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.

  •  If you get an opportunity and power over your enemy then , in thankfulness of God for this, forgive him.
  • He is very unfortunate who cannot in this lifetime gain an few sincere friends and sympathizers and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds).
  • Failures are often results of timidity and fears, disappointments are results of uncalled for modesty, hours of pleasure pass away like summer clouds, therefore, do not waste opportunity of ding good.
  • Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.
  • To give up inordinate desires is the best kind of wealth and fortune.
  • Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.
  • Happy is the man who always kept the life after death in his view, who remembered the Day of Reckoning through all his deeds, who led a contented life and who was happy wit the lot that God hath destined for him.
  • The Sin which makes you sad and repentant is liked better by the Lord the good deed which turns your vain and conceited.
  • Success is the result of foresight and resolution , foresight depends upon thinking and planning, and the most important factor of planning is to keep your secrets to yourself.
  • Hearts of people are like wild birds, they attach themselves to those who love and train them.