Qarni Quotes & Sayings

Promises were like bad checks, easy to write and hard to cash. — Robert Charles Wilson

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

I got ya, darlin'." "I'm not your darling. — Karen Witemeyer

Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion. — Vivienne Westwood

I was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place. — Ivan Turgenev

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

First National Bank laid off 1,000 people; where do they go? There are no jobs for them. So we are having serious economic problems in this country. We are in a real economic crisis. — Richard M. Daley

Oh," He thought, "There is something very wrong with this girl."
James thoughts regarding Kristen in "Top From The Bottom" a short story in Six Ways From Sunday. — Donya Petrock

It's YOUR health. Don't leave up to someone else. — Lisa Barger

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

Humility is not renunciation of pride but the substitution of one pride for another. — Eric Hoffer

You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way. — Emmylou Harris

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

You cannot have too many aconites. They cost, as I said before, about fifty shillings a thousand. A thousand will make a brave splash of colour, which lasts a month. If you can afford ten thousand, you are mad not to buy them. There are so many exciting places you can put them ... in the hollow of a felled tree, by the border of a pond, in a circle round a statue, or immediately under your window, so that you can press your nose against the glass, when it is too cold to go out, and stare at them, and remember that spring is on its way. — Beverley Nichols

In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king. — Guy De Maupassant

I'd read somewhere that nine out of ten adults in Alaska had a drinking problem. I could believe it. Snow, ice, sleet, wind, the dark night of the soul: what else were you supposed to do? — T.C. Boyle

With confidence we testify that the Atonement of Jesus Christ has anticipated and, in the end, will compensate all deprivation and loss for those who turn to Him. No one is predestined to receive less than all that the Father has for His children. — D. Todd Christofferson

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

Contentment and happiness are blessings that are given only to those who follow the straight path — Syeikh Aidh Al Qarni

I'm not a very good writer. I'm working at it. — Henry Rollins