Nafisa Quotes & Sayings

No story worth telling should ever be about blame or regret. What happened was what was meant to happen. — Nafisa Haji

He once again pointed to that creepy theatrical smile. There were way too many teeth there. It made him look positively demented. — Richard E. Gropp

Books and drafts mean something quite different for different thinkers. One collects in a book the lights he was able to steal and carry home swiftly out of the rays of some insight that suddenly dawned on him, while another thinker offers us nothing but shadows - images in black and grey of what had built up in his soul the day before. — Friedrich Nietzsche

You won't understand this now, Saira. Later, perhaps. When you are older. When you learn that life is not only about the choices you make. That some of them will be made for you. — Nafisa Haji

Ummm, there is not just one good thing about being a VJ, it is a package deal. It is a fun job and you get paid to party and have a good time and make people have a good time, which is great. — Nafisa Joseph

These tears are proof that there is love in the world. Tears are only bitter when we cry selfishly for ourselves. When we deny and forget the sweet love that tears are made of. When we let sorrow turn to anger. When people cry for each other, it is a good thing. Always remember that you are a human being, connected to all other human beings. When you cry for others you are opening your heart to God, who must see what we do and weep for us, too, for the suffering we cause to one another and to ourselves. — Nafisa Haji

Bush the father did well in placing his sons as governors and did not forget to pass on the expertise in fraud from the leaders of the region to Florida to use it in critical moments. — Osama Bin Laden

Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies - you had only to look at the claims of patent medicines! — Frances Parkinson Keyes

I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession. — Nafisa Joseph

Once we get used to listening to our dreams, our whole body responds like a musical instrument. — Marion Woodman

There is an old Arab Bedouin saying: I, against my brothers. I and my brothers against my cousins. I and my brothers and my cousins against the world. That is jungle law. It is the way of the world when the world is thrown into chaos. It is our job to avert that chaos, to fight against it, to resist the urge to become savage. Because the problem with such law is that if you follow it, you are always fighting against someone. — Nafisa Haji

I love being photographed, I love the ramp. — Nafisa Joseph

Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning! — Nafisa Joseph

Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal. — Nafisa Joseph

I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve. — George W. Bush

Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind. — Nafisa Joseph

The only way to rise above is to rise above. The only way to respond to wrong is with right. The only way to deal with injustice is to be just. — Nafisa Haji

He knows what lies before them, and what is after them, and they comprehend not anything of His knowledge save such as He wills.' i traced the words with my finger, over and over again, and realize what i did not before. that not all questions can be answered. that some truths are beyond the capacity of our minds to understand. — Nafisa Haji

The old notion that the savage is the freest of mankind is the reverse of the truth. He is a slave, not indeed to a visible master, but to the past, to the spirits of his dead forefathers, who haunt his steps from birth to death, and rule him with a rod of iron. — James G. Frazer

People feel I don't mix much, but I'm working at it. — Nafisa Joseph

The only law that means anything - that can have anything to do with God - is one that is alive and that strives for justice given the circumstances of the present. Otherwise, the law is merely something dead, a weapon in the hands of those with power. Against those with none. — Nafisa Haji

The greatest injustice in the world is to bring a child into the world, and not be able to offer it peace. — Nafisa Joseph

To give voice to the questions
even in my own head
would have been to give them power, to confirm the presence of doubt, to risk eventual downfall. — Nafisa Haji

I won the crown for what I am - I'm certainly not going to let go of that! — Nafisa Joseph

When someone stops saying hello, I don't see that there's any need to say good-bye. — Nafisa Haji

Faith is revelation. And in order to receive revelation you have to be open. Belief is about closing yourself off
a lie you tell yourself to make the world fit in with how you've decided it should be. Real faith is an action - a verb. It's truth unfolding. — Nafisa Haji

Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes. — Nafisa Joseph

Before you decide who to take along on your journey of life, you should first figure out your destination. [inspired by, Dr.Sekandari and Mojaddidi] — Nafisa Sekandari

I have always loved animals since I was very young. — Nafisa Joseph

What I saw there explained everything
the reason he had stayed away, why he had come to say good-bye. I can only describe what I saw by its effect on me. Every woman should be looked at in such a way, at least once her life. With a longing that cannot be contained
with love that goes beyond mere feeling because it transforms and-like the verse of the poem he had read
it dissolves, as an offering, a gift. I felt my face flush and waves of knowing suffused every pore, every cell of my being. I was loved. And in that love, I felt beauty
my own, unrealized until that moment, suddenly rising to consciousness in a way that made everything in me come alive to the beauty all around me. Nothing more needed to be said. — Nafisa Haji

I didn't want to get into acting. I was very happy doing MTV, it took up my time, I was content. — Nafisa Joseph

That there are many things that we cant understand. the past. the bad things that happened ... and we become afraid. of what might happen in the future. its okay to be afraid. but we have to keep hoping and believeing ... to keep hoping and trying our best to be good and do good. even when we're afraid — Nafisa Haji

I used to love dogs until I discovered cats. — Nafisa Joseph