QUOTATIONS GALORE

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*Classic Quotes by Elizabeth Drew (1935- ) US journalist *

**"The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it." **
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**"The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict." **
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**"Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation." **
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**"The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion" **
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**"I Like this quote I dislike this quote"Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits" **

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Classic Quotes by Eugene Wigner (1902-1995) Hungarian-born US physicist

**"Physics is becoming so unbelievably complex that it is taking longer and longer to train a physicist. It takes so long to train a physicist to the place where he understands the nature of physical problems that he is already too old to solve them." **
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**"It is nice to know that the computer understands the problem. But I would like to understand it too." **
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**"[While] solipsism may be logically consistent with present quantum mechanics, monism in the sense of materialism is not." **
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**"The simplicities of natural laws arise through the complexities of the language we use for their expression." **
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***"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences"

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Classic Quotes by Sir William Gilbert (1836-1911) English Playwright and Poet.

*"Things are seldom what they seem, / Skim milk masquerades as cream." *
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*"If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance." *
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*"Oh, don't the days seem lank and long,/ When all goes right and nothing goes wrong,/ And isn't your life extremely flat,/ When you've nothing whatever to grumble at?" *
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*"One cannot eat breakfast all day,/ Nor is it the act of a sinner,/ When breakfast is taken away,/ To turn his attention to dinner;/ And it's not in the range of belief,/ To look upon him as a glutton,/ Who, when he is tired of beef,/ Determines to tackle the mutton." *
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*"When you're lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is tabooed by anxiety, / I conceive you may use any language you choose to indulge in without impropriety." *

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*Classic Quotes by James A. Garfield (1831-1881) 20th US President
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**"A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck." **
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**"All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people." **
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**"I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty." **
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**"I have had many troubles, but the worst of them never came." **
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**"I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else." **
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**"Ideas control the world." **
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**"If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it." **
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**"If you are not too large for the place you occupy,
you are too small for it." **
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**"Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal decay and rigidification. They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed." **

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*Laughter is to life what shock
absorbers are to automobiles.
It won't take the potholes out of
the road, but it sure makes the
ride smoother. *
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*Classic Quotes by Voltaire (1694-1778) French Philosopher and Author *

**"A company of tyrants is inaccessible to all seductions." **
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**"A witty saying proves nothing." **
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**"All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God." **
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**"All styles are good except the tiresome kind." **
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**"All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women." **
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**"An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination." **
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**"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." **
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**"Anything too stupid to be said is sung." **
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**"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." **
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**"As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities." **
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**"Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law." **

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*A Story to live by *

***There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.'
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her
boyfriend.

He asked her,'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?' The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.

Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her
saying: 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before
they were yours, they were mine.'

This is how the human brain often works when our status changes.
Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.

Life Is a Gift
Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.
Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who died too early on this earth.
Before you complain about your children - Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.

Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.
Before whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us is without sin.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face and think: you're alive and still around.***

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*Do as you preach
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**Classic Quotes by Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) **
**French general and statesman **

**"A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends." **
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**"As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so." **
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**"Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance." **
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**"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese." **
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**"Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back." **
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**"Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone." **
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**"Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop." **

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18 ANSWERS OF THE HOLY PROPHET **
*[Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam ]
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**MUST READ AND FORWARD

***Dialogue between a traveler and the HOLLY prophet (Sallallaho Alaihay Wa Aalayhee Wasallam) A traveler once came to the mosque to see the prophet. After greeting the prophet he was asked where he was from. The traveler replied that he came from very far just to get a few questions answered.

Following is the dialogue between the traveler and the prophet .

Traveler : I do not want azaab to be written in my account.
**The Holy Prophet (PBUH): behave well with your parents
*Traveler : I want to be known amongst people as an intelligent person.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH) : fear Allah always.
Traveler : I want to be counted amongst Allah's favorites.
***The Holy Prophet (PBUH): recite quran every morning and evening.*
Traveler : I want my heart to always be enlightened.. ( roshan and munawer)
**The Holy Prophet (PBUH): never forget death
*Traveler : I never want to be away from Allah's blessing.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH): always treat fellow creatures well.
*Traveler : I never want to be harmed by my enemies.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH): always have faith in only Allah. **
Traveler : I never want to be humiliated.
**The Holy Prophet (PBUH) : be careful of your actions.
*Traveler :I wish to live long.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH): always do sile rahm. (goodness towards blood relations)
*Traveler : I want my sustenance to increase.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH) : always be in wudhoo.
*Traveler : I wish to stay free of adhaab in the grave.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH): always wear pure (paak) clothes.
*Traveler : I never want to burn in hell.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH): control your eyes and tongue.
*Traveler : how do I get my sins forgiven.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH) : always ask forgiveness from Allah with a lot of humility.
*Traveler : I want people to respect me always.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH): never extend your hands of need at people.
*Traveler : I want to always be honored.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH) : never humiliate or put down anyone..**
Traveler : I don't want to be squeezed by fishare qabr. (squeezing in the grave)
**The Holy Prophet (PBUH): recite sura e mulk often.
*Traveler : I want my wealth to increase.
*The Holy Prophet (PBUH): recite sura e waqia every night. **
Traveler : I want to be safe and at peace on day of judgement.
**The Holy Prophet (PBUH): do zikr of Allah from dusk to night. **
Traveler : I want to be in full attention and concentration during namaaz.
**The Holy Prophet (PBUH): always do wudhoo with concentration and attention **

Please pass to all of your Relatives and Friends,

*Jaza Kum ALLAH'hai Khairan Kaseera May ALLAH (SWT) keep all of us in the right path and provide us with success in this world as well as in the hereafter.
AAMEEN. *

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**The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said

“You must be truthful, for truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Paradise. A man will keep speaking the truth and striving to speak the truth until he will be recorded with Allah as a siddeeq (speaker of the truth). Beware of telling lies, for lying leads to immorality and immorality leads to Hellfire. A man will keep telling lies and striving to tell lies until he is recorded with Allah as a liar.” **

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thank you Arjay Uncle...great post

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**The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said

“You must be truthful, for truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Paradise. A man will keep speaking the truth and striving to speak the truth until he will be recorded with Allah as a siddeeq (speaker of the truth). Beware of telling lies, for lying leads to immorality and immorality leads to Hellfire. A man will keep telling lies and striving to tell lies until he is recorded with Allah as a liar.” **

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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. ~Napoleon Bonaparte

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Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. ~Norman Vincent Peale

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Liars need good memories.
- French Proverb

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Never do a role that doesn't suit you

-A famous Polish actor

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A Beautiful Hadith !!

**Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihe wasallam) said: 'When a man dies and his
relatives are busy in funeral, there stands an extremely handsome man by
his head. When the dead body is shrouded, that man gets in between the
shroud and the chest of the deceased. **
**When after the burial, the people return home, 2 angels, Munkar and
Nakeer (names of two special Angels), come in the grave and try to
separate this handsome man so that they may be able to interrogate the dead
man in privacy about his faith. But the handsome man says, 'He is my
companion, he is my friend. I will not leave him alone in any case. If you
are appointed for interrogation, do your job. I cannot leave him until I
get him admitted into
Paradise. **
**Thereafter he turns to his dead companion and says, 'I am the Qur'an,
which
you used to read, sometimes in a loud voice and sometimes in a low voice.
Do not worry. After the interrogation of Munkar and Naker, you will have
no
grief.' **
**When the interrogation is over, the handsome man arranges for him from
Al-Mala'ul A'laa (the angels in Heaven) silk bedding filled with musk. **
**Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihe wasallam) said: 'On the Day of Judgement,
before Allah, no other Intercessor will have a greater status than
the Qur'an, neither a Prophet nor an angel.' **

**Please keep forwarding this 'Hadith' to all ...because **
**Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihe wasallam) said:
'Pass on knowledge from me even if it is only one verse'. **
**May Allah bestow this favour on all of us. **

AMEEN

**We are praying that the following message in the next seven days would
reach at least FIVE MILLION Muslims all over the world, Insha-Allah.
Please
forward this message TODAY to your friends and relatives and earn abundant
Rewards from Allah Subhanahu watala. **
**SAYINGS (HADITH) OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (Sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) **
**The one who disdains
prayers (Salat) will receive
Fifteen punishments from
Allah..
Six punishments in this lifetime
Three while dying
Three in the grave &
Three on the Day of Judgment. **

**THE SIX
PUNISHMENTS OF LIFE :
1. Allah takes away blessings from his age (makes his life misfortunate)
2. Allah does not accept his plea (Dua's)
3. Allah erases the features of good people from his face.
4. He will be detested by all creatures on earth.
5. Allah does not reward him for his good deeds. (No thawab)
6. He will not be included in the Dua's of good people. **
**THE THREE PUNISHMENTS WHILE DYING :
1. He dies humiliated.
2. He dies hungry.
3. He dies thirsty. Even if he drinks the water of all seas he will still
be thirsty. **
THE THREE PUNISHMENTS IN THE GRAVE :
1. Allah tightens his grave until his
chest ribs come over each other.
2. Allah pours on him fire with embers.
3. Allah sets on him a snake called 'the
brave', 'the bold' which hits him
from morning until afternoon for leaving Fajr prayer, from the afternoon
until Asr for leaving Dhuhr prayer and so on. With each strike he sinks 70 yards under the ground.

*THE THREE PUNISHMENTS ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT :
1. Allah sends who would accompany him to hell pulling him on the face.
2. Allah gives him an angry look that makes the flesh of his face fall
down.
3. Allah judges him strictly and orders him to be thrown in hell. *
*Note: If you get this copy, please make copies of it and
distribute them among all Muslims. You will be earning a Reward as well as
helping to show your brother the Right Path. May Allah give guidance to
all
of us. *
*AAMEEN!!!!!!! *
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THOSE WHO DO NOT SAY THEIR PRAYERS OF:
FAJR : the glow of their face is taken away.
ZUHR : the blessing of their income is taken away.
ASR : the strength of their body is taken away.
MAGHRIB : they are not benefited by their children.

'ISHA : the peace of their sleep is taken away.

THE HOLY QUR'AN:
'Say Your Prayers Before Prayers For You Are Said'. **
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BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
if you
1. Let this e-mail sit in your mailbox or delete it, no curse or whatever
may happen to you (Insha-Allah)
2. Forward this e-mail to a number of people you know and by the grace of *
*Allah you shall be blessed for each person you forward this email to.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, Please do your best!!! *

May the infinite mercies and blessings of almighty Allah be upon us (amin)
Insha-Allah

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*Classic Quotes by Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) US industrialist and philanthropist *

**"And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department." **
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**"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do." **
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**"Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket..." **
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**"Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket." **
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**"Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration." **
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**"Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best." **
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**"Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself." **
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**"He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave." **
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**"Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it." **

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***In the picture, just look at their condition.. ***
***no place to sleep, still they have made some space for the cat and the dog… ******water pouring from the roof but still each one of them have a peaceful smile on their face.. ***

***Simply amazing!!!

***The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems,
but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.

***World
is
a
Camera
Keep Smiling
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