Bilal Philips Quotes
“One day you'll thank Allah for the door that closed. You'll be grateful that it didn't work out. Allah's plans are better than our wishes.”
Quotes to Explore
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I feel alive, fit and active. I have no plans for retirement. My only concession to getting a little older is that I like to have a cat-nap in the afternoon. After that, I can push on through anything.
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I worked with Stanley Kubrick for almost a year back in 1990, trying to develop the screen story for his project 'Artificial Intelligence,' which is about a robot boy who wishes to become a real boy, a future scientific fairy tale inspired in the myth of Pinocchio.
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I'm so much fun. Every kid wishes I was their grandpa! I'm the Motor City Madgramps.
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The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
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A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
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My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah.
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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
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Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life.
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Things don't always happen the way one wishes they would.
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At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly the toast of Hollywood and London's West End. My immature wishes and naive opinions were treated with respect.
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God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
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We must assent to the will of Heaven above and conform to the wishes of men on earth below, but the government should assert the majesty of its warlike might in order to drive away the hordes of fierce and cruel men. We know that the dispositions of these outer barbarians are as ravenous as those of wolves.
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The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
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Any time someone puts a lock on something you own against your wishes, and doesn't give you the key, they're not doing it for your benefit.
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In the United States, except for slaves, servants and the destitute fed by townships, everyone has the vote and this is an indirect contributor to law-making. Anyone wishing to attack the law is thus reduced to adopting one of two obvious courses: they must either change the nation's opinion or trample its wishes under foot.
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Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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Fundamentalism takes different forms in different religions, but there is one striking similarity in all forms of fundamentalist thought. Each wishes dearly to hold in check all varieties of 'modern' or 'decadent' thinking.
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Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.
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Man becomes, as it were, the sex organs of the machine world, as the bee of the plant world, enabling it to fecundate and to evolve ever new forms. The machine world reciprocates man's love by expediting his wishes and desires, namely, in providing him with wealth. (p.46)
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Perhaps the best-known Old Testament example of perseverance is the story of Job.
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I'm not really the most confident guy in the world, but I also don't care too much about what people think about me either. I just try to be honest in what I like and see who likes it.
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Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroying Never finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last.
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No one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits.
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“One day you'll thank Allah for the door that closed. You'll be grateful that it didn't work out. Allah's plans are better than our wishes.”
