Abdullah Ibn Mubarak Quotes

#1. Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great

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#2. we train for war and fight to win.

Marcus Luttrell

#3. If you intend to speak a vain word, replace it with a tasbih.

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#4. If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds

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#5. Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult for us.

Ayya Khema

#6. 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.

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#7. It's just like the good news of the gospel of Jesus. Always fits. It don't need no changing. The good news is always good. It never wears out and by gum, it's always in style. Don't we need Him now more than ever.

Rachel Hauck

#8. How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.

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#9. I once owned a really, really ugly pair of white leather boots. They were so bad. It was back in the '80s! It was just a really tacky fashion choice when I was in middle school, and I thought it was cool. I'm really embarrassed.

Jordana Brewster

#10. I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.

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#11. The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.

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#12. It always confused me how Smalley managed to keep enrolment limited only to Guardian bloodlines. I don't know, maybe she put some charm up that made people think about dead puppies every time they stepped on campus. That's what I would have done, anyway, if I were headmistress.

Cecily White

#13. I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge ...

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#14. I love the saliheen (pious people) even though I'm not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.

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#15. Sins slowly suffocate the heart, and abandoning sins brings life to the heart.

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#16. O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your patience in Hell.

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#17. We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.

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