Quotes About Sami

#1. The Tunisian blogger and activist Sami Ben Gharbia has written passionately about how U.S. government involvement in grassroots digital spaces can endanger those who are already vulnerable to accusations by nasty regimes of acting as foreign agents.

Rebecca MacKinnon

#2. She wonders how much space a person has left in her soul to change herself, once she gets older. What people does she still have to meet, what will they see in her, and what will they make her see in herself? Sami

Fredrik Backman

#3. The pronunciation of both Sami and Portuguese languages is strikingly similar: the Portuguese evolved from folksy Latin while the Sami evolved from reindeers' howling.

Arto Paasilinna

#4. We're trying to work on Sami to get through that and shoot the puck. MacInnis shot the puck all the time. If there was a fool who wanted to stand in front and break an ankle, tough luck.

Alain Vigneault

#5. For the first time in a decade I felt a voice rising from deep inside my soul. It cried out 'what will you be today?' and I heard 'relentless' booming from the rafters inside an old gym as Sami and a group of young men chased dreams and trophies while their fathers went to war.

Tucker Elliot

#6. I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model.

Ville Valo

#7. It feels like last week, but in fact we're now closing in on five thousand days at war. I always picture Sami as a nine-year-old soccer stud ... and yet there are soldiers in Afghanistan today who were in fourth grade on 9/11.

Tucker Elliot

#8. One life to live, live it to the fullest. If you have doubts or your gut feeling says something, listen. Don't waste time, time will waist u.

Behdad Sami

#9. I never had a plan B. I feel if u have a plan B, you are giving yourself the chance to never accomplish plan A. My plan B was to accomplish plan A.

Behdad Sami

#10. I had been coming to New York, pretty much once a month, to dance on Broadway. I was offered a huge Broadway show but couldn't do it because my brother was having his huge Bar Mitzvah.

Sami Gayle

#11. I wake up to start dreaming.

Behdad Sami

#12. One cannot achieve peace without realizing justice, realize justice without seeking out the truth, seek out the truth without practicing freedom. So living and thinking free is the root of achieving peace in our world.

Sami Al-Arian

#13. I'm such a fan of Daniel Waters, who wrote the script, and also Mark Waters, his brother, who directed. 'Vampire Academy' has, I think, an iconic director.

Sami Gayle

#14. A successful person allows his results to speak for him, not his mouth.

Behdad Sami

#15. Never put anything past anyone. Stop expecting people to be as genuine as you are, it's never the case & it will almost always be a let down.

Behdad Sami

#16. Stop wishing & start doing! Your lack of effort won't affect a true hustlers ambition. Perseverance through adversity is key.

Behdad Sami

#17. I didn't make it to where I am today because of the support, more so because of the lack of it.

Behdad Sami

#18. Hustle ... Your excuses are someone else's motivation.

Behdad Sami

#19. Actors are seen as celebrities, but they're just real people with families.

Sami Gayle

#20. Haters and doubters got me here, but supporters keep me here.

Behdad Sami

#21. Don't be sad by what you see
It's true life has it's miseries
But one thing's always worked for me
Worry ends when faith begins.

Sami Yusuf

#22. Create your own path and stop waiting for things to come your way. The longer you wait, the further others go.

Behdad Sami

#23. Appreciate your flaws to reach the potential of your greatness.

Behdad Sami

#24. I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.

Sami Gayle

#25. I have never had a NY resolution. While you wait each year to make a resolution you never commit to, I get it done everyday.

Behdad Sami

#26. Don't work harder than your competition, be your own competition.

Behdad Sami

#27. Successful people are the one's that create their own path, not follow someone else's.

Behdad Sami

#28. When I meet a person that tells me they stopped hooping for no reason, I thank them for opening my door and making it easier.

Behdad Sami

#29. I don't enjoy watching people fail, but I don't feel sorry for them when they fail crossing my path, that I love.

Behdad Sami

#30. You wouldn't show up to a great job with a terrible resume, so don't show up to a great man with a terrible past.

Behdad Sami

#31. When you grind & work hard, you don't ever have to tell anyone what you're up to, the results will speak much louder than anything else.

Behdad Sami

#32. I would rather be on a roller coaster life going through hell and back to appreciate the glory instead of having it all at once.

Behdad Sami

#33. Don't think for one second the change of location will bring you success. If you have the same mentality, you will have the same results.

Behdad Sami

#34. Being successful is not determined by the amount of money you make but by the amount of lives you affect and influence for the better.

Behdad Sami

#35. My ambitions have ambitions.

Behdad Sami

#36. To say I'm ignorant only proves your ignorance.

Behdad Sami

#37. It's impossible to give it all you got and fail unless you fail to give it all you got to do the impossible.

Behdad Sami

#38. Success is not determined by the amount of accomplishments, but by the road traveled & how you handled the recovery of each failed attempt.

Behdad Sami

#39. If you're going to lie, at least be good at it.

Behdad Sami

#40. Opportunity doesn't knock on my door, I go and break its door down.

Behdad Sami

#41. The best part about using success as revenge means no 25 to life.

Behdad Sami

#42. It sometimes happens to me while writing, that I seek a word; mischievous as it is it appears in English, it appears in Arabic, but refuses to come in Hebrew. To some extent I made up my Hebrew. Unquestionably, the influence of Arabic is dominant, my syntax is almost Arabic.

Sami Michael

#43. I wanted to do something for the minority Muslims living in the West, especially in the UK, to bring up their morale a bit. They need to be proud of their religion

Sami Yusuf

#44. For every 1 fan I have 20 haters, once I can reach 1000 haters for 1 fan, I know I've made it.

Behdad Sami

#45. My kindness is my weakness but my weakness is my biggest strength.

Behdad Sami

#46. I was at a public school until I was in sixth grade when I moved to New York.

Sami Gayle

#47. Unless you're God, you are never too "big" to be a fan.

Behdad Sami

#48. If you don't believe in God, I don't believe in you.

Behdad Sami

#49. If all you do is talk crap, I'll just flush the toilet.

Behdad Sami

#50. I came to the United States because I valued living as a free person, one who is able to advocate in a democratic society. Unfortunately, the U.S. has been turning into a less free society, a police and surveillance state, especially after 9/11.

Sami Al-Arian

#51. When life hands me lemons I hand them back and pick something else.

Behdad Sami

#52. You can only accomplish the amount you dream.

Behdad Sami

#53. Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes you won't be on the beneficial end of it but either way it's a blessing in disguise.

Behdad Sami

#54. They say God laughs when you make plans, that's why I make appointments and sometimes reschedule.

Behdad Sami

#55. I will never apologize for being me, speaking the truth & giving all of me to the world. I will never apologize for being real & how I feel.

Behdad Sami

#56. I would like to do a romantic comedy, but not a romantic comedy that is cheesy. I want to do an old romantic comedy like 'Roman Holiday' or 'My Fair Lady.'

Sami Gayle

#57. You shouldn't be worried when people call, communicate, yell, argue, or cry for you. You should be worried when everyone is silent.

Behdad Sami

#58. The more I accomplish the more I realize how empty my life is.

Behdad Sami

#59. Some people talk the talk and walk the walk while I'm silently running.

Behdad Sami

#60. I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.

Sami Gayle

#61. I'ma forgive all the people that took my kindness as weakness. I'ma forgive anyone who never hit me back. I'ma forgive all ya'll. I won't forget.

Behdad Sami

#62. I enjoy raining on parades and throwing stones in glass homes.

Behdad Sami

#63. Calls ignored, texts unanswered, short replies, excuses made. All I can say is don't be surprised when you're not in my future.

Behdad Sami

#64. I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre. I sort of believe that slow and steady wins the race.

Sami Gayle

#65. Whether it's good talk or bad talk about me, as long as your talking and making me the center of your world, I win.

Behdad Sami

#66. forgot how direct she could be

Sami Lee

#67. Never practice something you're good at. All it will lead to is one major strength with many downfalls.

Behdad Sami

#68. The difference between trying and doing is one leads to success, while the other leads to excuses.

Behdad Sami

#69. When I go to sleep, someone wakes up to get their hustle on, that's why I get my 2 hours, their 2 hours and overseas 2 hours in. I'll make sure no one can catch me.

Behdad Sami

#70. The same feeling you get from succeeding is the same feeling I get from failing, now imagine what happens when I win.

Behdad Sami

#71. Our words must count. Hunger will not wait for promises we made.

Sami Yusuf

#72. Failing is not real, it's an optional state of mind.

Behdad Sami

#73. The power of self goes beyond words. Self confidence, self improvement, self esteem, self enhancement, self love ... Get yourself right first!

Behdad Sami

#74. Set your expectations and goals so high that people think they're impossible, that's when you know you set them too low.

Behdad Sami

#75. It's funny, 99% of the time, haters and the 1 they hate on have everything in common and could be best friends.

Behdad Sami

#76. If you strive to be perfect in everything, whether it's possible or not, you will always live a more fulfilled life.

Behdad Sami

#77. The longer you spend your time worrying about all the negative things in your life, the further you push any chance of retrieving the positive.

Behdad Sami

#78. Hating is a full time job with no benefits, only an acquired type can do it. I thank God I didnt meet the qualifications.

Behdad Sami

#79. I am the epitome of what you dream to be and the reality of what you can't be.

Behdad Sami

#80. Saving time = wasting time.

Behdad Sami

#81. All the little things add up. Whether they were positive or negative, eventually you either see the amazing result or the biggest let down.

Behdad Sami

#82. Confidence isn't something you prove to people, it's something that comes off from who you are and how you represent yourself.

Behdad Sami

#83. Just because you are famous and rich doesn't make you successful.

Behdad Sami

#84. If you want to be treated like a queen then start acting like one. No arrogance or games. Be humble, graceful, kind & loving.

Behdad Sami

#85. I never say "get like me". I would hate for my competition to be on my level. In fact, stay exactly with what your doing.

Behdad Sami

#86. It's so ironic that life is all about love, yet we live most of it either searching, never finding, or messing it up.

Behdad Sami

#87. They say either get right or get left, how about I just go forward and never look back.

Behdad Sami

#88. If you spend your life living in fear or doubt, you will never actually live life, and will only be coexisting with the rest of the world.

Behdad Sami

#89. Failure does not exist. Once you hit the construction zone road blocks, follow the detour signs to get back to ur original path.

Behdad Sami

#90. Work hard until hard work isn't work at all.

Behdad Sami

#91. True strength is shown by the person who remains humble, quiet, & positive throughout all adversity and maintains their path towards success.

Behdad Sami

#92. They say if it's too good to be true, it usually is ... Unless it's me.

Behdad Sami

#93. Be worried when the haters stop hating and the critics stop criticizing.

Behdad Sami

#94. Even people's dreams don't match the reality of my life. I don't dream, I set goals and accomplish them.

Behdad Sami

#95. Your first problem is relying on someone else's word. Always depend on yourself. No one will work as hard for you as you will.

Behdad Sami

#96. They say a wise man learns from others mistakes, I learn from others success, why pay attention to the mistakes?

Behdad Sami

#97. God cursed those who are the sons of Israel, through David and Jesus, the son of Mary. Those people, God made monkeys and pigs.

Sami Al-Arian

#98. If success is my drug then I've been on a chronic overdose all my life.

Behdad Sami

#99. They say love is blind, which makes me braille.

Behdad Sami

#100. Many things that I have accomplished in my life were not because I knew they would make me happy, but because it made my enemies unhappy.

Behdad Sami