Famous Quotes

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.

Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.

In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

That's why I'm so successful because peace is my main thing, it's not about money. It's about making sure everybody is having a good time and loving and living and enjoying life.

Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

The world, like a dream full of attachments and aversions seems real until the awakening.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness.

I prefer the company of animals more than the company of humans. Certainly, a wild animal is cruel. But to be merciless is the privilege of civilized humans.

Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.

Guilt is a gift from Allah warning you that what you are doing is violating your soul

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

There are moments in life where it gets so hectic that time becomes a blur. Keep calm and never give up.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.

The materials of city planning are: sky, space, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy.

But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey published by his wife.

Teaching means creating situations where structures can be discovered.

I just want to let everyone know I'm not a murderer.

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.

Guess you lose some & win some, long as the outcome is income.

Watch your back, but more importantly when you get out the shower, dry your back. Its a cold world out there.

Look out for those who look out for you. Loyalty is everything.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.

Blooming under a cold moon, we are like fireworks... Rising, shining, and finally scattering and fading. So until that moment comes when we vanish like fireworks... Lets us sparkle brightly, Always.

Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense.

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.

Don't make an opinion on me if you don't know nothin' about me.

I don't need it to be easy. I just want it to be worth it.

People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.

All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds. Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!!!