Anwar Sadat Quotes & Sayings

I do not care for socially recognizable success. I only value that success which I can feel within me, which satisfies me, and which basically stems from self-knowledge. — Anwar Sadat

Let every girl, let every woman, let every mother here [in Israel]-and there in my country [Egypt]-know we shall solve all our problems through negotiations around the table rather than starting war. — Anwar Sadat

My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place [cell 54 of Cairo Central Prison] taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never, therefore, make any progress. — Anwar Sadat

Land is immortal, for it harbors the mysteries of creation. — Anwar Sadat

I have realized that my real self is a greater entity than any possible post or title. — Anwar Sadat

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality. — Anwar Sadat

The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water. — Anwar Sadat

If human values were relative, all laws-whether those based on revealed religions or those devised by man-would become meaningless. — Anwar Sadat

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. — Anwar Sadat

Faith means that a man should regard any disaster simply as a fate-determined blow which must be endured. — Anwar Sadat

If you don't have the capacity to change yourself and your own attitudes, then nothing around you can be changed. — Anwar Sadat

Two places in this world make it impossible for a man to escape from himself: a battlefield and a prison cell. — Anwar Sadat

Only when he has ceased to need things can a man truly be his own master and so really exist. — Anwar Sadat

There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people. — Anwar Sadat

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones. — Anwar Sadat

Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution. — Anwar Sadat

"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within reach of self-knowledge." — Anwar Sadat

To damage the sovereignty of the individual is to replace a community inspired by love, benevolence, and beauty by another based solely on power. — Anwar Sadat

I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me. — Anwar Sadat

To love means to give, and to give means to build, while to hate is to destroy. — Anwar Sadat

You're not a realist unless you believe in miracles. — Anwar Sadat

This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people. — Anwar Sadat

It is democracy I am really suffering from as much as I am suffering from the opposition. — Anwar Sadat

Peace is more precious than a piece of land. — Anwar Sadat

If you don't have the power to change yourself, then nothing will change around you. — Anwar Sadat

I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace. — Anwar Sadat

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. — Anwar Sadat

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land ... let there be no more wars. — Anwar Sadat

I found that I faced a highly complex situation, and that I couldnt hope to change it until I had armed myself with the necessary psychological and intellectual capacity. My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place had taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any process. — Anwar Sadat

Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith. — Anwar Sadat

We have always felt the sympathy of the world, but we would prefer the respect of the world to sympathy without respect. — Anwar Sadat

I promise to crush Israel and return it to the humiliation and wretchedness of the Koran. — Anwar Sadat