Authors
Topics
Lists
Pictures
Resources
More about Ali
Ali Quotes
99 Sourced Quotes
Source
Report...
The first fruit of forbearance is that people will sympathize with you and they will go against the man who offended you arrogantly.
Ali
Source
Report...
The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn't take action.
Ali
Source
Report...
O son of Adam, if you have collected anything in excess of your actual need, you will act only as its trustee for someone else to use it.
Ali
Source
Report...
If two opposite theories are propagated one will be wrong.
Ali
Source
Report...
A conceited and self-admiring person is disliked by others; charity and alms are the best remedy for ailments and calamities; one has to account in the next world for the deeds that he has done in this world.
Ali
Source
Report...
There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.
Ali
Source
Report...
Our affairs are attached to the destiny decreed by Allah, even our best plans may lead us to destruction.
Ali
Source
Report...
Time wears out bodies, renews hopes, brings death nearer and takes away aspirations. Whoever gets anything from the world lives in anxiety for holding it and whoever loses anything passes his days grieving over the loss.
Ali
Source
Report...
Hearts of people are like wild beasts. They attach themselves to those who love and train them.
Ali
Source
Report...
Whoever warns you against sins and vices is like the one who gives you good tidings.
Ali
Source
Report...
Allah seeks you to thank Him and assigns to you His affairs. He has allowed time in the limited field (of life) so that you may vie with each other in seeking the reward (of Paradise). Therefore, tight up your girdles and wrap up the skirts. High courage and dinners do not go together. Sleep causes weakness in the big affairs of the day and (its) darkness obliterates the memories of courage.
Ali
Source
Report...
I am less than what you tell about me but more than what you think about me.
Ali
Source
Report...
Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
Ali
Source
Report...
Anything which can be counted is finite and will come to an end.
Ali
Source
Report...
The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.
Ali
Source
Report...
Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.
Ali
Source
Report...
An ignorant person will always overdo a thing or neglect it totally.
Ali
Source
Report...
One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.
Ali
Source
Report...
A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is under the control of his mind.
Ali
Source
Report...
There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals.
Ali
Source
Report...
The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects.
Ali
Source
Report...
There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.
Ali
Source
Report...
Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.
Ali
Source
Report...
During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you — they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.
Ali
1
2
3
4
Quote of the day
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Lafcadio Hearn
Ali
Born:
March 17, 599
Died:
February 28, 661
(aged 61)
Bio:
Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, ruling over the Islamic caliphate from 656 to 661.
Most used words:
allah
man
knowledge
people
person
wise
wisdom
faith
patience
intellect
mind
charity
friends
prayers
life
Ali on Wikipedia
Ali works on Wikisource
Suggest an edit or a new quote
Ali Quotes
Ali Short Quotes
Quotes about Ali
Saudi Arabian Prophet Quotes
Prophet Quotes
7th-century Prophet Quotes
Related People
Family
Fatimah
Spouse
Zaynab bint Ali
Daughter
Featured Authors
Lists
Predictions that didn't happen
If it's on the Internet it must be true
Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)
Picture Quotes
Confucius
Philip James Bailey
Eleanor Roosevelt
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Popular Topics
life
love
nature
time
god
power
human
mind
work
art
heart
thought
men
day
×
Lib Quotes