My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.
YASMIN MOGAHEDWe often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites.
More Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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Don’t get attached to moments. Good or bad, they all pass.
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Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it’ll stop breaking it.
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They say you don’t get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don’t deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately.
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When you’re in trouble don’t depend on yourself. Don’t depend on people. Depend on God.
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My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me.
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Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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When the pain overtakes you, reach inside. Gather the broken pieces, and hand them to God. Ask Him to remake your heart. Different, this time. Stronger. More beautiful. This is how we are made, and remade by the Maker.
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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
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If you want the love of the people, stop running after it. The more you chase it, the more it escapes you. Love doesn’t come from the people. It comes from God.
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There are internal chains and external chains. All the external chains in the world won’t enslave you, if you are free inside. And all the external ‘freedom’ in the world won’t liberate you, if you are chained inside. Let go. And you’ll know Freedom.
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We die as we lived. Whatever was most important in life, will consume us at death. Whatever attachments we had will become evident then.
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If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations.
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Arrogance is actually just ignorance. Ignorance of what you really are in relation to the world-but most of all in relation to God.
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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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This life will never be without storms. Stop fearing the storm. Build your inner shelter.
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