Best 164 quotes in «prophet quotes» category

And in all of Babylonia there was wailing and gnashing of teeth, 'til the prophets bade the multitudes get a grip on themselves and shape up.

A prophet weeps while others are laughing.

A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name.

Attitude ... is the prophet of your future.

Cobden was the greatest statesman and prophet of the century. His speeches are an inspiration. A man whose disciple I am willing to confess I am.

Back in Bible days, there were these famous schools of the prophets, but some of the ones Jesus chose didn't come through that route - and not to say that they weren't good, but I'm comfortable.

Freedom of expression does not extend to insulting the Prophets of Allah.

Ezekiel says this, though, he's - God said to the prophet, he said I'm going to cause you to sit where they've sat.

Common sense is the best prophet.

Death makes a prophet's voice louder.

Duty, though set about by thorns, may still be made a staff supporting even while it tortures. Cast it away, and, like the prophet's wand, it changes to a snake.

Following rulers instead of prophets, the wicked can rule you, but the knowledge can stop it.

Geniuses and prophets do not usually excel in professional learning, and their originality, if any, is often due precisely to the fact that they do not.

Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished. [It., Di qui nacque che tutti li profeti armati vincero, e li disarmati rovinarono.]

God says in the Quran that there is only one true religion, God's religion. It's the same theme that God revealed to all of the prophets, even before Muhammad.

How long shall we Spiritualists be turned over like so many scapegoats to the unbelievers, by cheating mediums and speculating prophets?

I am convinced the prophets of doom have to be taken seriously.

If I understand Dirac correctly, his meaning is this: there is no God, and Dirac is his Prophet.

I feel like shouting, hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever I knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet.

I have always been intensely uncomfortable with the idea of a science fiction writer as prophet. Not that there haven't been science fiction writers who think of themselves as having some sort of prophetic role, but when I think of that, I always think of H.G. Wells - he would think of what was going to happen, and he would imagine how it would happen, and then he would create a fiction to illustrate the idea that he'd had. And no part of my process has ever resembled that at all.

If we could have any security against moods! If the profoundest prophet could be holden to his words, and the hearer who is readyto sell all and join the crusade, could have any certificate that to-morrow his prophet shall not unsay his testimony!

I’m not a prophet. I’m a destiny-changer. It’s all right to prophesy, but the best thing to do is change things, if you’ve got the power.

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.

I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.

In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.

Jesus prescribes a doctrinal test for false prophets because a behavioral test is unreliable.

Is any prophet come to teach a new thing Now in a more apt time?

I will raise up prophets to make conflicting pronouncements that inevitably will be garbled in transcription, resulting in mutually exclusive definitions of orthodoxy from which the open-minded will flee in dismay.

I never wanted to be a prophet or a saviour. Elvis maybe

In this way, Allah will love the pious person because He, the Most Exalted, loves those who are pious, truthful, charitable, devout, and are sincere to Him and to His Prophet.

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.

It is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets to create a conscience where there is none, and to cause conscience to disappear where it does exist.

Just like the moon is fully illuminated when facing the sun, so are believers who fully turn themselves to face the Prophet ﷺ

Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.

Nobody can force you, not even the holy prophets.

la ilaha il-Allah, wa Muhammadu... (There is no god but God and Muhammed [is His prophet

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.

Money is the god of our time, and Rothschild is his prophet.

Muslims (companions) misunderstood the speech of the Prophet on the day of Ghadeer.

My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That’s basically it. I’m not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I’m just reflecting on life.

Prophet Mohammed would have no objection to The Satanic Verses.

Take any path you like; follow any prophet you like; but have only that method which suits your own nature, so that you will be sure to progress.

Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

The Prophet also said: "A truthful and trustworthy merchant is associated with the prophets.

The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge of the figures, their general ideas, and the meaning of each word they contain.

The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains.