Imam Ali on counsel
Imam Ali100 quotes“It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.”
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Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.
Imam AliImam Ali Don’t engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.
Imam AliImam Ali The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.
Imam AliImam Ali How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth.
Imam AliImam Ali There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.
Imam AliImam Ali Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.
Imam AliImam Ali Accept the apology even if it is not sincere.
Imam AliImam Ali Hate no one, no matter how much they’ve wronged you.
Imam AliImam Ali A man’s worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
Imam AliImam Ali Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.
Imam AliImam Ali Loving one another is half of wisdom.
Imam AliImam Ali He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Imam AliImam Ali Silence is the best reply to a fool.
Imam AliImam Ali Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.
Imam AliImam Ali Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.
Imam AliImam Ali He lives as though death shall never come to him – but dies in a way as if he were never born.
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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
Queen Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth II It is better to be alone with God. His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love.
Joan of ArcJoan of Arc But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
Alan PatonAlan Paton I think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy.
Alan ChambersAlan Chambers Cold is the counsel of women.
AnonymousAnonymous Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
Francois RabelaisFrancois Rabelais When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
Francois RabelaisFrancois Rabelais Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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