Abdel Quotes & Sayings

I would never stay in office against the will of the people. My ethics and patriotism do not allow me to do so. — Abdel Fattah El-Sisi

For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Our bodies, warm comfortable and familiar. But when we look out ... . Just out there, we wonder if we occupy a special place..!! Are these bodies welcoming or hostel..!! We can stay forever wondering or maybe we can leave home for the ultimate adventure — Sameh Elsayed

I wasn't rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn't a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

With innovation and initiative we have the potential to change the world for the better. — Sameh Elsayed

Most of people do not value the blessing of freedom until they lose it. — Abdel Halim

Nothing matches a Sailor's kiss coming back home where he belongs. — Sameh Elsayed

To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Dear Adam,
"Flying high is marvelous, staying on the ground is great. What is really tasteless is staying in between."
Love Daddy — Sameh Elsayed

Each human is created for a purpose in this life. None of these purposes is revenge. — Sameh Elsayed

The best stories ever written are the these were inspired by it endings. — Sameh Elsayed

The universe is a life giving force that is part of us. It flows in harmony through us guiding our every step. It maintain the harmony and flow of life. It gives us the passion and the knowledge we need to live and be inspired by. Yet in return, it is inspired by the human spirit — Sameh Elsayed

Imagine traveling deep to the very centre of your soul ... ... ...
HAVE YOU ... ..!!!!!! — Sameh Elsayed

As humans, all our power elements lies in our ability to switch the power of hate inside us onto an energy of love. — Sameh Elsayed

What's the good of being true to your religion on the outside, if you don't change what's on the inside,were it really counts ? — Randa Abdel-Fattah

A real lion hunt, is as much a mind game as it is a physical explosion of violence. — Sameh Elsayed

Out of this unstable mix of technocracy and national security you have a nostalgia developing for colonialism or religion - atavistic in my opinion, but some people want them back. Sadat is the great example of that: he threw out the Russians, as well as everything else that represented Abdel Nasser, ascendant nationalism, and so forth - and said, "Let the Americans come." Then you have a new period of what in Arabic is called an infitah - in other words, an opening of the country to a new imperialism: technocratic management, not production but services - tourism, hotels, banking, etc. That's where we are right now. — Edward W. Said

Life isn't about what you're waiting for ..It's about what you're living for. — Abdel Halim

There is no doubt that counterterrorism takes time because it is not action against a regular army. — Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi

Belief means nothing without actions — Randa Abdel-Fattah

263A kind word and forgiveness is better than a charitable deed followed by hurtful [words]: — Muhammad A.S. Abdel Haleem

Wisdom got sound. It is called silence — Sameh Elsayed

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

I can't go back and change the already done actions but what i can do is to create a new legislation — Ahmed Gamal Abdel Gawad

There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by force, over a sea of blood and under a horizon blazing with fire. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

I've got to this stage and will not stop now. — Ahmed Gamal Abdel Gawad

Yeah, don't you take a break?'
'I don't have time for breaks.'
'That's the whole point of a break. When you've got no time, you need a break. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Are you still doing that crap?" I ask.
"You can't even do it properly," Eileen says.
"Just a matter of practice," Simone says.
"Wow! Practicing how to poison yourself and make your breath reek like the fart of a seagull!" Eileen cries. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

If Egypt is unstable, then the entire region is unstable. — Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi

With my human rights advocacy, that's always been through my writing. I've always tried to write articles and contribute to journals and a lot of online journals - about human rights, especially Palestinian human rights. I find the time to do things to do things I'm passionate about, because I find enjoyment in them. I just have to juggle. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

A woman's body is her body and what she wears or does not wear is her choice. Get over it and move on. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

And it's when I'm standing there this morning, in my PJs and a hijab, next to my mum and my dad, kneeling before God, that I feel a strange sense of calm. I feel like nothing can hurt me, and nothing else matters. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

To her
Even endless expanding distance of time space and matter is not enough to tell you how I feel. It is there inside the mysterious identity we call soul. — Sameh Elsayed

We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

In some stages in life, some individuals decide only to chose every hard option to achieve. His/her life turns onto confluence of challenges influenced only by destiny ... in which only few decide to accept because it is a matter of existence to them. — Sameh Elsayed

The pain is not about having cheap people around ... . real pain is the fact that there are some people with a price to start with. — Sameh Elsayed

A piece of art is part of its creator, you cannot split them apart. You cannot like one and dislike another. — Sameh Elsayed

I hated the culture [working in the bank], I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted to do. So, after two years, I took some writing courses - I always loved to write - and I figured the only way I was going to get paid to write was in journalism. — Sharif Abdel Kouddous

The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Life isn't like the movies. People don't change overnight. people don't go from arrogant and self-righteous to ashamed and remorseful. They don't suddenly give in when they've spent years taking out. No doesn't magically become a Yes. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read 'Matilda.' I wrote my own version and my teacher had it bound and permitted me to read it to the class - cementing my love of reading, writing and Roald Dahl! — Randa Abdel-Fattah

There can be no religious discourse which is in conflict with its environment and with the world and therefore, we Muslims need to modify this religious discourse. And this has nothing to do with conviction and with religious beliefs, because those are immutable. But we need a new discourse that will be adapted to a new world and which will remove some of the misconceptions. — Abdel Fattah El-Sisi

When you find yourself thinking far from others ... .. When you are faced with the differences between you and the rest ... .. Know you found your uniqueness. — Sameh Elsayed

True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

We need to see a Palestinian state. — Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi

I believe that we now have a duty to remove the aggressor from our land and to regain the Arab territory occupied by the Israelis. We can then engage in a clandestine struggle to liberate the land of Palestine, to liberate Haifa and Jaffa. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

When your soul does not get much warmer nor any lighter, when It is not a place for faint hearted ... . then relief is on its way. — Sameh Elsayed

In our lives we face so many wars in which each of them has so many battles. all we go through based on our believe we will live better when we win them. there are no hard battles or easy battles ... they are all the same. however in each war we go through, the first battle is the hardest. — Sameh Elsayed

Fate does not jest and events are not a matter of chance. There is no existence out of nothing. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

It's like one of those scenes from a feel-good Hollywood movie. Where everybody is happy and nobody's hair fizzes in the wind. Where it doesn't rain, your shoes stay comfortable all day, and everybody's jokes are funny. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

When in doubt, take baby steps, taste the water and be cautious all the way. When assured, hit the road, jump in the sea and swim away from the shore to connect with your dreams — Sameh Elsayed

The imagination is our inspiration, that's what makes dreams possible. — Abdel Halim Boudekhana

When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis - otherised and stigmatised - you become the prop in a proposition. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

PS ... ... confused from where you should start planning ... ... . !! Well, start from who you are, where you are and how you are. — Sameh Elsayed

Seeing the smile and happiness on your parents faces,that is the glorious moment of success. — Abdel Halim Boudekhana

Real integrity comes from knowing oneself and believing in truth, without compromise, and no matter how challenging. Integrity is a beautiful thing. — Sameh Elsayed

If you find a community with less production and less inspiring inventions, then know it is a sign of lack of Business Leaders and full of General Managers do not know what they can manage or what they are managing. — Sameh Elsayed

For those who were born lovers, falling in love is not neither an option nor a decision. it is a matter of existence. — Sameh Elsayed

We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood — Gamal Abdel Nasser

I do not get offended if you insult me, laugh at me or even make fun of me. I am offended when you do so to my dreams. — Sameh Elsayed

When it comes to the hijab - why to wear it, whether to wear it, how to wear it - there is theology and then there is practice, and there is huge diversity in both. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

It's not about how long you can live , it's about how long you can forget and forgive. — Abdel Halim Boudekhana

I decided that I was ready to assume this position when I discovered that the chance to save the country was very meager. I was prepared to sacrifice myself for this country and its 90 million people. They want food, fuel and electricity and yearn for a decent life. Any president who does not pay attention to such details or is unable to provide the minimum level of stability should leave office. — Abdel Fattah El-Sisi

Sometimes while you are so passionately busy building, there will be others as busy destroying. Do not stop. One day you will notice how high above you get, and how down below they end up — Sameh Elsayed

I ask for the limits to exceed them, i ask for the impossible to achieve it. — Ahmed Gamal Abdel Gawad

I couldn't stop bawling, watching the towers come down. it was a terrible thing to happen. And a terrible thing to realize that I don't sit though the nigh crying when such horrors happen all the time. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Make her smile, make her laugh and make her happy; because this is the only Truth, Meaning & Beauty act any human can ever achieve. — Sameh Elsayed

If the refugees return to Israel, Israel will cease to exist. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

It is only called patience when it ends up with results that Justify the time awaited, the emotions given and the tears spent. — Sameh Elsayed

To look and solve any problem, your approach should consider truth incidents, your thoughts should have logical process and most importantly the
solution should be fair for all. — Sameh Elsayed

We must fight our way to victory on a sea of blood and a horizon of fire. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

A paradigm is no more than a paradigm. Brake it if you want, and make sure when you find another one; it just remains another paradigm. — Sameh Elsayed

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

Don't let them fool you and tell you goals has to be unified before any partnership agreement. Be carefully concerned about unifying your values and principles, after that all will run smoothly. — Sameh Elsayed

The Smile for some is an expression of joy, but for others it's a whole world of hope. — Abdel Halim Boudekhana

Once you beat yourself,you will beat the world. — Abdel Halim Boudekhana

Parents. Honestly. Sometimes they really do think the world revolves around them. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Yehya would never admit that he was just a single, powerless man in a society where rules and restrictions were stronger than everything else, stronger than the ruler himself, stronger — Basma Abdel Aziz

Within the Arab circle there is a role wandering aimlessly in search of a hero. For some reason it seems to me that this role is beckoning to us-to move, to take up its lines, put on its costumes and give it life. Indeed, we are the only ones who can play it. The role is to spark the tremendous latent strengths in the region surrounding us to create a great power, which will then rise up to a level of dignity and undertake a positive part in building the future of mankind. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

Mubarak was the glue that held this very leaderless and organic and very pluralistic mix of people together. Now that he's gone, there's a lot more debate and division about what happens next, which is healthy. We're essentially still under military dictatorship right now. The military rules the country. It can issue laws by decree. — Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Feelings, it seems like it is going on forever. But are they ..!!! Up there in the furthest depth of the heart might be some point where something turned into absolutely nothing — Sameh Elsayed

The greatest challenges humans face throw-out their lives are two:
1- the challenge of where to start
2- the challenge of when to stop — Sameh Elsayed

All great changes in life were inspired either by a book or by a personal point of view. The greatest were inspired by a woman. — Sameh Elsayed

Yes, Simone, he is mentally unstable for being attracted to you. call the men in white suits. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

When I see that people want to listen to me and when I feel that they are supporting the goals that I am committed to, then I am very pleased. — Abdel Fattah El-Sisi

Once upon a time, a fisherman went out to sea. He caught many fish and threw them all into a large bucket on his boat. The fish were not yet dead, so the man decided to ease their suffering by killing them swiftly. While he worked, the cold air made his eyes water. One of the wounded fish saw this and said to the other: "What a kind heart this fisherman has- see how he cries for us." The other fish replied: "Ignore his tears and watch what he is doing with his hands. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Do not let go of your right to make your own decisions, because by doing so you are letting go of who you really are. — Sameh Elsayed

Being a highly sensetive person is followed by a lot of infinity pain and grief. — Abdel Halim

The Aim ain't about being perfect..It's about not trying being perfect. — Abdel Halim Boudekhana

Think before you speak ... ... think before you don't. — Sameh Elsayed

Commitment to ourselves, our families, and our business is paramount to being successful. Human should be committed to rolling out great products, services and initiatives that impact those personal and professionals encounters which cross our path. — Sameh Elsayed

We have to choices in this world; we either try to survive or to give up. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

But persistent name calling? that prolongs hurt. It stretches out. Each nasty word stretches the rubber band further away until finally, one day, it snaps back at you with maximum impact — Randa Abdel-Fattah

Dear Son,
People with narrow visions who are afraid of the future are unnecessary weights in your life
Love Daddy — Sameh Elsayed

When the fisherman bait the hooks, through them into the sea and sits looking at horizon, do not think he is doing nothing. He and all his senses are fully tensed. His eyes monitors the line, his ears picks the slightest sound of the rod, his heart beats in harmony with the waves and his mind plans further than you think — Sameh Elsayed

There is more to this hijab than the whole modesty thing. These girls are strangers to me but I know that we all felt an amazing connection, a sense that this cloth binds us in some kind of universal sisterhood. — Randa Abdel-Fattah

If you keep looking at your business wishes as delusional dreams you will end up running just another one of them. If you get inspired by your business wishes then plan to find a way and people to make it happen, you will end up mastering a second to none organization. — Sameh Elsayed

The hijab, or sikh turban, or Jewish skullcap are all explicit symbols, but they do not represent a threat or affront to others, and have no bearing on the competence, skills and intelligence of a person. — Randa Abdel-Fattah