Al Abdullah Quotes & Sayings

Every person who was a genius, a mental giant, or a great contributor to the human race watered the seeds of his greatness from the well of isolation, until the seed became a plant, and then finally, a formidable tree. — Aaidh Ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni

information is costly to produce but cheap to reproduce. — Eric Schmidt

If you desire the path of sincerity, develop a love for obscurity. Flee from the clatter and clinks of fame. Be like the roots of a tree; it keeps the tree upright and gives it life, but it itself is hidden underneath the earth and eyes cannot see it. — Abdullah Ibn Al-Mubarak

Contentment empties the heart of all superfluous carriage, thus leaving it entirely for Allah. — Aaidh Ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni

Determination is the fuel that propels one to higher virtues. — Aaidh Ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni

With King Abdullah's leadership and his people's trust he can keep the kingdom stable and secure in all its affairs. — Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

King Abdullah is a reformer. — Al-Waleed Bin Talal

Everything that is decreed for the Muslim is best for him. — Aaidh Ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni

My name is Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown. I am a devoted servant of Allah, and an unwavering devotee to His cause. For more than 30 years, I have been tormented and persecuted by my enemies for reasons of race and belief. — H. Rap Brown

Hobie's reassuring hand on my shoulder, a strong, comforting pressure, like an anchor letting me know that everything was okay. I hadn't felt a touch like that since my mother died - friendly, steadying in the midst of confusing events - and, like a stray dog hungry for affection, I felt some profound shift in allegiance, blood-deep, a sudden, humiliating, eyewatering conviction of this place is good, this person is safe, I can trust him, nobody will hurt me here. — Donna Tartt

The one upon whom calamity has fallen can display courage with patience; and his circumstances, unlike the one who is drunk with worldly pleasures, permit him to solemnly prepare for a meeting with his Lord. — Aaidh Ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni

Honestly, the only question most Americans ask about a new building at this point is basically: Is it a soul-sucking eyesore of cheap-ass despair? It's not? Whew. — Sarah Vowell

We are stronger when we listen, and smarter when we share. — Rania Al-Abdullah

I never wanted to do Harry Potter. I thought it should have stayed as a book. There are some books that should be made into movies and some that shouldn't. Harry Potter is 70% imagination. When the movie comes out, it's going to be such a stereotype for kids. When they think of Harry Potter, they're going to think of what is portrayed on screen. — Haley Joel Osment

Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer. — Vidal Sassoon

Sometimes one 'needs' to use cleverness and kick wisdom aside.It's not everything that needs the application of wisdom, cleverness has a role to play. Andby the fact that one knows when to use cleverness and kick wisdomaside, is another wisdom of its own. — Emmanuel Aghado

Someone who seeks to travel the path of Allah should begin with a sound repentance from all his sins. — Abdullah Ibn Alawi Al-Haddad

What, actually, is the difference between communism and fascism? Both are forms of statism, authoritarianism. The only difference between Stalin's communism and Mussolini's fascism is an insignificant detail in organizational structure. — Leonard Read

We can spend out lives letting others dictate our narrative, and cast ourselves as the victims. Or we can realize the truth: that we are the creators of our own story. — Rania Al-Abdullah

Pessimism doesn't change the reality; it prolongs the status quo. And it brings everyone down. It's only ever lose-lose. Optimism and faith coupled with pragmatism change the reality. Self-belief and self-reliance change the reality. Boldness to explore new ideas changes the reality. A vision powered by effort and energy changes the reality. — Rania Al-Abdullah

Education reform doesn't come cheap. But the price of ignorance is far, far greater — Rania Al-Abdullah

Never break a Muslim's heart by refusing what he offers you, when you know that anything that comes to you through him is in reality from Allah, and he is only His powerless and compelled means. — Abdullah Ibn Alawi Al-Haddad

Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light. — Abdullah Ibn Alawi Al-Haddad

Your malice and your striving to seek revenge are much more harmful to your health than they are to your antagonist. — Aaidh Ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni

If Allah has written for you happiness, no one can steal that from you, and if He has written for your heart to break, then no-one can mend it but He, so always put your trust in Allah. — Aaidh Ibn Abdullah Al-Qarni

When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type of team this city richly deserves. I'm proud of the fact that each year the team has taken another step toward an NBA championship, and played with intense pride and determination. — Doug Collins

Actually, King Abdullah, under his supervision and guidance, has established a dialogue in Saudi Arabia whereby all the population, whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views. — Al-Waleed Bin Talal

If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight. — Jimmy Wales

Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry ... because, in America, we act on our collective anger. — Andrew Vachss

When the inward is good the outward is also inevitably so, for the outward always follows the inward, whether good or evil. — Abdullah Ibn Alawi Al-Haddad