Through patience and certainty, leadership in the religion is obtained.

Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.

A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah

If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?

What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.

Allah will support the just state even if it is led by unbelievers, but Allah will not support the oppressive state even if it is led by believers

The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off

Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) is to the heart as water is to a fish; see what happens to a fish when it is taken out of water

If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.

Allah guards the justice loving government, even if it is the government of non-Muslims, and destroys the tyrant government, even if it is the government of Muslims.

When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests.

I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms performed by the Russian soldier.

If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do.

Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.

Nobody has milked one performance better than me - and I'm damned proud of it.

I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way.

I love when I am around a veteran in [show] business. Because I can dig and ask questions, and find out the "who" and "what" of it all.

Ten years ago, we were seen as a virtually failed state, but today we are a vibrant democracy. You can walk safely through the streets of Bogota these days.

I have to choose songs that represent my personality.

Who would I be, if other good souls did not make up for my shortcomings?