LIFE

LIFE

1.Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. Qurân13:28
2. Abu Hurairah (R.A) narrated: the prophet (S.AW) said Allah subhana huwa ta'ala says, I am just as my slave thinks I am (i.e. I am able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him) and I am with him if he remembers me, if he remembers me in himself, I too will remember him in myself, and if he remembers Me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than them, and if he comes one span nearer to Me, I go one cubit him. And if he comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms closer to him and if he comes to me walking, I go to him running. (Sahih Bukhari).
 3. Verily, Allah is gentle and kind and He loves gentleness.
 4. The believer is like the bee, which eats what is pure, produces what is pure, and destroys not the tiny branch on which it lands. (Hadith).
5. Whenever gentleness is present in something, that thing is beautified, when gentleness is removed, that thing becomes spoilt. (Hadith).

6. The strong is not he who is strong in combat, verily, the strong one is he who controls himself when he is angry. (Hadith).
7. Hasteness begets regrets. In Islam there are matters that one is recommended to do in haste; . i making up missed prayers ii paying your debts. iii serving your guest with food Iv marrying out your daughter who has reached the state of marriage when she gets a God fearing man asking for her hand in marriage. And etc.
8. I recommend you to take of care of the minutes, as the hours take care of themselves. (Philip Chesterfield).
9. The future comes one day at a time. (Dean Acheson).
10. I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.( Horatio Lord Nelson).
11. There is no time like the present to tackle a difficult task. Too late is better than never.
12. Discipline is doing the right thing at the right time and at the right rate it should be done.
13. Whatever you do consistently for thirty one days becomes a habit, man don't decide his future, he decides his habits and his habits decide his future. Mike Murdock.
14. Life is not lost by dying, life is lost minute by minute, day by day, in a thousand small uncaring ways. Stephen V Benel.
15. I don't think much of a man who is not wiser than he was yesterday. Abraham Lincoln.
16. Never lose a chance; it does not come every day. George Bernard Shaw.
 17. Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee light gains make heavy purses. George Chapman.
18. High aims form high characters and great objects bring out great mind. Tryon Edwards.

 19.The men who succeed are the efficient few, because they are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop them. (Herbert .N. Casen)
20. What you imagine, know and think determine what your life becomes eventual. (Clement Stones)
21. If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. (Henry David Thoreau).
22. Many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency and been strangled in their birth by a coward imagination. Jeremy Collier. 
 24. Without determination, success will remain a dream. Helen Keller.
25. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit. (Aristotle).
26. I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the very end. Abraham Lincoln.
27. Success comes to the man who does today what others were thinking of doing tomorrow. Helen Keller.
28. If you put your goal before you each day, they are certain to become a reality. ( C. Blant)
29. A good leader inspires and motivates rather than manipulate.
30. You have to get it to give it. You have to love yourself in a healthy manner in order for others to love you. You have to be happy yourself before others could be happy around you. You have to be patient yourself before you can teach your children patience.
31. Try to have a win/win (i.e. a situation where all parties are satisfied) approach in your life. Think of others enter their shoe and try to visualize how they feel. Then think on how to make the situation better for each of you .Don't destroy the goose that lays the golden eggs. Even a child could do better if disciplined in a win/win situation.
 32. Try the power of  ''Thank you''. Allah the Almighty commanded us to thank Him. If you use these words to fellow humans, you will be amazed with the effect. Use it to your friends, children and even your employees and servants.
33. Use people's names while talking to them as often as possible. Believe me, people love to hear their names.
34. Take care of yourself, mentally, physically, and spiritually, for you to have a worthy life.
 35. Always be yourself.
36. Principles are good, but sometimes it is good to step out a little bit, most especially for a good course, in which you think could have a positive outcome. Taste the waters.
37. Courage comes between cowardliness and boldnes
38. If you cannot change a thing then try to change the way you think about it.
39. In helping others, people have a limit or point, up to which they are willing to strive and sacrifice for others. And this limit is seldom exceeded. (Aid Ibn Al-Qarni).
40. And put your trust (O Muhammad) in the ever living one who dies not… (Qur'an 25:58).
 41. Be open minded and accept changes when necessary. Don't be afraid to accept new ideas for a lot of goods can come out of them. E.g. new products, cuisines etc., most especially if it aren't going to cost you an arm and leg.
42. Enthusiasm and persistence can make an average person superior; indifference and lethargy can make a superior person average. William Ward.
43. Our background and circumstances might have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
44. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and clear every doubt. Even a fool, when he holdout his peace, is counted wise. (Abraham Lincoln.
45. When the fool is arrogantly boasting take pride in your silence.

46. The circumstances that surrounds a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances is important. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure. (Helen Keller).
47. Don't let yourself get worried over anticipations, because something that you worry about may not even come, and your worry will not stop the inevitable.
48. Be proactive in the present and do what you believe can benefit you and let what to come, for it's time of coming.
49. Work within your circle of influence not within your circle of concern i.e. those things that you can change for example you can't change the fact that its raining (supposedly so) it's a waste of time to fume over the weather rather you should indulge in thinking about how to get the best of what you want in that situation, by using the resources and initiatives you have or can get, to achieve that desire you have on that rainy day.
50. We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope. (Martin Luther King).
51. Sometimes we are the ones that teach people how to treat us, always have a positive attitude.
52. Sometimes we get served with what we call for.
53. To err is human to forgive is divine.

54. Admitting your mistake is a great stride to healing and success. 55. A little change can make a big difference in our lives. Life gets better when we get better Life always approves what is improved. We can never change the past but we can design a better future through never ending but constant improvement. Even marketers of goods and services are on a constant look out for what to improve in their products, in order to remain relevant. (Habu Dawaki).
56. The reason some people don't go very far in life is because they side step procrastination.
57. First things first, write your goals and tasks. Prioritizes them, tackle the most important ones first, and do each one according to its importance. If you do the most important ones first, you will be more at ease in doing the lesser ones (they will fit). It will make you more efficient.
58. I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me.
59. The greatest mistake a person can make is doing nothing. John .Maxwell.
60. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vidal Sasso 
61. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page. 62. Help a young man on his way up for you may meet him on your way down. Abraham Lincoln.
63. Sin is what the heart is uncomfortable with.
64. A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
65. I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them. Herbert Henry Lehman.
66. Sometimes less is more.
67. Learn to say no when you know its no.
 68. Always look before you leap.
69. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Even the small tasks. 70. Sometimes what you ask is what you get.
71. Adult behavior calls for adult response.
72. No matter what, life must go on. Sometimes its good to keep things simple.
 73. Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on you. Chinese proverb.
74. If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down. (Mary Rickford).
75. A person may fail many times, but he is not a failure until he blames somebody or something else. (Abraham Lincoln).
76. Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed only those who never try never fail. (Thomas Edison).
77. Find what you are passionate about and work on it.
 78. Nothing will be attempted if all possible obstacles must first be removed. (Samuel Johnson).
79. Strong men are made by opposition, like kites they go against the wind to raise. (Frank Hern).
80. No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. (Voltaire).
81. Many people dream of success, to me, success can only be achieved through repeated failures and introspect. In fact , success represents the one percent of your work that results from the 99% that is called failure. (Soichiro Honda, (founder of Honda)
82. Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. (Abraham Lincoln).
83. Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes but great rise above them. (Washington Irvin)

84. There is no achievement without failure. It takes adversity to create success. (John Maxwell).
85. Here is the key of being free from stronghold of past failures and mistakes; learn the lesson and forget the details. (Benjamin Franklin). 86. Behind every great idea, there is someone saying, it won't work. 87. Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact. (Norman Vincent Peale).
88. When your enemy names a fault, try to evaluate it to see if it is reasonable and you can change it, if not forget it and move on for enmity does not overlook fault.
89. You can buy whatever you can afford for your child, but what he need most is your time. Attack your weak point instead of attacking those criticizing you about it.
90. If people talk negatively about you, live so that no one will believe him. (Abraham Lincoln).
91. Shared sorrow is half sorrow, shared joy is double joy.
92. The habit of looking on the bright side in every circumstance is more valuable than having a large income.
93. When something bad happens to you, take a day to feel sorry for yourself, and act about the problem the following day.
94. Indulge in thinking about those things that you have control over 95. When you feel down it helps to look your best.
 96. Heavy hearts like heavy clouds in the sky are best relieved by letting out of water. (Rivarol)
97. Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadow. (Helen Keller).
98. The advice of the selected ones is a balsam for the heart it adds to the heart vivacity and strength. The advice of the ignorant is an affliction and blindness it adds to the heart more sickness. (Sultan Muhammad Bello).

 99. Withhold your tongue from the utterance of complaint, if you are desirous of joyful life. (Caliph Abubakar As sidiq).  

100. On the authority of Abdullah Ibn Abbas (R.A) who said: one day I was riding behind the prophet (peace be upon him) when he said “keep Allah so that you may find
him in front of you. Recognize Allah in prosperity so that He may recognize you in hardship. Bear in mind that what has missed you will never get you, and what has got you will never miss you, bear in mind that victory is with patience, relief is with distress, and ease is with hardship.
 101. Anas (R.A) Reported that Allah's messenger (S.A.W) said Remember death in your prayer. Verily, when a man remembers death in his prayer, he is apt to perfect his prayer. Pray the prayer of a man who does not expect to pray another prayer. And avoid every matter that would require an apology. Recorded by (Ad Daylami). 
102. Do not talk absurdly when you pardon or punish someone. (Caliph Abubakar As Sidiq).