Quotes by Famous People

 

“I don’t believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

                                               -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e Azam)

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“I have full faith in my people that they will rise to every occasion worthy of our past Islamic history, glory and traditions.”

                                              -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e-Azam)

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“Think a hundred times before you take any decision, but once a decision is taken, stand by it as one man.”

                                              -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e-Azam)

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That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent. We are in the midst of unparalleled difficulties and untold sufferings; we have been through dark days of apprehension and anguish; but I can say with confidence that with courage and self-reliance and by the Grace of God we shall emerge triumphant.

                                              -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e-Azam)

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You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of democracy, social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil. With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.

                                              -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e-Azam)

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Character, Courage, Industry and Perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me.

                                              -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e-Azam)

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There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

                                              -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e-Azam)

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You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination you bring to it.

                                              -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e-Azam)

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With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.

                                              -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e-Azam)

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I insist you to strive. Work, Work and only Work for satisfaction with patience, humbleness and serve thy nation.

                                              -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e-Azam)

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My young friends, I look forward to you as the real makers of Pakistan, do not be exploited and do not be misled. Create amongst yourselves complete unity and solidarity. Set an example of what youth can do. Your main occupation should be in fairness to yourself, to your parents, in fairness to the State, to devote your attention to your studies. If you fritter away your energies now, you will always regret.

                                              -Muhammad Ali Jinnah(Quaid-e-Azam)

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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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You never fail until you stop trying.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Creativity is intelligence having fun.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work...

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Nothing happens until something moves.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Imagination is the highest form of research.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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“Past is dead
Future is uncertain;
Present is all you have,
So eat, drink and live merry.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Failure is success in progress.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Three Rules of Work:
Out of clutter find simplicity.
From discord find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity
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                                               -Albert Einstein

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Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Once a day allow yourself the freedom to dream...”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Necessity is the mother of all invention.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It's because of them I'm doing it myself.”

                                               -Albert Einstein

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Quiet people have the loudest minds.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up. Unleash your imagination. Shape the future.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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It matters if you just don't give up.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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Only time (whatever that may be) will tell.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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Be brave, be curious, be determined, overcome the odds. It can be done.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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When we see the Earth from space, we see ourselves as a whole. We see the unity, and not the divisions. It is such a simple image with a compelling message; one planet, one human race.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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I am very aware of the preciousness of time. Seize the moment. Act now.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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When you are faced with the possibility of an early death, it makes you realize that there are lots of things you want to do before your life is over.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

                                               -Stephen W. Hawking

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“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”

                                               -Bill Gates

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“Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning.”

                                               -Bill Gates

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“It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”

                                              -Bill Gates

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Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

                                              -Bill Gates

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“To sum up: We need to accomplish something gigantic we have never done before, much faster than we have ever done anything similar.

                                              -Bill Gates

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“I studied every thing but never topped.. But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees.

                                              -Bill Gates

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“In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future.

                                              -Bill Gates

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“Surround yourself with people who challenge you, Teach you, and Push you to be your best self.

                                              -Bill Gates

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“To win big, You sometimes have to take big risks.

                                              -Bill Gates

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“Vision without execution is Day Dreaming.

                                              -Bill Gates

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If you born poor. It's not your mistake but, If you die poor, It's your mistake.

                                              -Bill Gates

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“I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft.

                                              -Bill Gates

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“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”

                                               -Rumi

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

                                             -Rumi

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“What you seek is seeking you.

                                              -Rumi

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“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

                                              -Rumi

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“If you are irritated by every rub, How will your mirror be polished?

                                             -Rumi

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“Don't be satisfied with stories, How things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

                                              -Rumi

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You were born with wings, Why prefer to crawl through life?

                                              -Rumi

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When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

                                            -Rumi

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“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.

                                             -Rumi

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“The wound is the place where the light enters you.

                                             -Rumi

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“Knock, and He'll open the door 
Vanish, and He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, and He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, and He'll turn you into everything.

                                             -Rumi

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“Raise your words, not voice. 
It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. 

                                             -Rumi

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“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment

                                             -Rumi

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“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death

                                             -Rumi

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“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. 

                                             -Rumi

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“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond

                                             -Rumi

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“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love

                                             -Rumi

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“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.
You feel it, don't you? 

                                             -Rumi

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“Be empty of worrying.
Think of who created thought!

Why do you stay in prison
When the door is so wide open? 

                                             -Rumi

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“I know you're tired but come, this is the way. 

                                             -Rumi

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“Be like the sun for grace and mercy.
Be like the night to cover others' faults.
Be like running water for generosity.
Be like death for rage and anger.
Be like the Earth for modesty.
Appear as you are.
Be as you appear. 

                                             -Rumi

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“Suffering is a gift.

In it is hidden mercy. 

                                             -Rumi

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