Best 120 quotes of Ali Ibn Abi Talib on MyQuotes

Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards.

A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance.

A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death.

A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties.

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.

Allah's Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in His generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of the servant ceases

Allah, the Exalted, gave the angels intellect without desires, He gave the animals desires without intellect, and He gave both to the sons of Adam. So a man whose intellect prevails over his desires is better than the angels, whilst a man whose desire prevails over his intellect is worse than the animals.

Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.

A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.

A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.

A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.

An accepted deed is never small in Taqwa (consciousness of Allah), how can what has been accepted be small?

A person of riyaa (showing off) has three characteristics : He is lazy when alone, energetic when with others, and increases in his actions when he is praised while decreasing in them when he is criticized.

Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.

Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.

A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.

Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people

Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.

Beware of the flight of Blessings, For nothing that runs away is returned.

Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others.

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted

Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you will die tomorrow.

Do not be like those on whom advice has no effect and who require punishment to correct themselves.

Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive.

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.

Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.

Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.

Do not take someone's silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.

Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.

Don't engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.

During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.

Either you are just or unjust. If you are just, then you will not keep aloof from the people, but will listen to them and meet their requirements. But if you are unjust, the people themselves will keep away from you.

Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.

Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!

Glory is for none but the learned, Guided are they - and proofs for seekers of guidance. Every person is measured based on how much of it (knowledge) he mastered, The ignorant are to the learned their enemies, Succeed with knowledge and live energetically forever, Men are all dead, only the possessors of knowledge are truly alive

Greed is permanent slavery

Greed takes a person to the watering place but gets him back without letting him drink. It undertakes responsibility but does not fulfill it. Often the drinker gets choked before quenching his thirst. The greater the worth of a thing yearned for, the greater is the grief for its loss. Desires blind the eyes of understanding. The destined share would reach him who does not approach it.

Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much wealth; ostentation in (good) deeds; and pride in their own intelligence.

Hate no one, no matter how much they've wronged you. Live humbly, no matter how wealthy you become. Think positively, no matter how hard life is. Give much, even if you've been given little. Keep in touch with the ones who have forgotten you, and forgive who has wronged you, and do not stop praying for the best for those you love.

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.

He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.

Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.

How many lessons there are and how little they are taken

How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins is present while worrying about his future - but weeps in the future by recalling his past. He lives as though death shall never come to him - but dies in a way as if he were never born.

If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit.