Said Nursi Quotes

Be certain of this: that the highest aim of creation and its most important result are belief in God. The most exalted rank in humanity and its highest degree are the knowledge of God contained within belief in God.

Said Nursi

• God
• Important
• Knowledge
• Humanity

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• Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.

  

  F. H. Bradley
  • Men
  • Knowledge
  • Wife

• It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • God
  • Happy
  • Happiness

• Humanity will live as long as there are humans.

  

  Vasily Grossman
  • Long
  • Live
  • Humanity

• If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • God
  • Mom
  • Talent

• What people love about Santorum is he is who is he. He speaks his words. He loves God. He loves his country, and he loves gays.

  

  Foster Friess
  • People
  • God
  • Country

• I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Time
  • Important

• When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • Knowledge
  • Limit
  • Limited

• Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • God
  • Doing
  • Look

• If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.

  

  Damon Hill
  • Important
  • Perspective
  • Critical

• Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Knowledge
  • Security
  • Changes

• If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • God
  • Desire
  • Accept

• Why don't we actually fight for a woman's right even to complain about being beaten up. That is more important than driving. If a woman is beaten, they are told to go back to their homes - their fathers, husbands, brothers - to be beaten up again and locked up in the house.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
  • Up
  • Important
  • Why

• Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

  

  A. C. Benson
  • Good
  • Important
  • You

• When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • God
  • Song
  • Dream

• The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • God
  • Men
  • Happy

• If you are playing on a turning wicket, toss plays an important role. The team that wins the toss gets an opportunity to play on the fresh wicket. You should always prepare the wicket as per team's strength. But a rank turner might backfire.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Important
  • Opportunity
  • Team

• God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.

  

  Oral Roberts
  • God
  • You
  • Person

• What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a day? I think we have to appreciate that we're alive for only a limited period of time, and we'll spend most of our lives working.

  

  Victor Kiam
  • Life
  • Time
  • Important

• That culture of frugality and discipline is really important for the Y Combinator mindset.

  

  Sam Altman
  • Important
  • Culture
  • Discipline

• Paul Lisicky, in his new memoir, 'The Narrow Door,' describes losing his old friend, the novelist Denise Gess, and his husband, the acclaimed poet and memoirist Mark Doty, within a year of each other: Gess to cancer, at the age of 57, and Doty to another man.

  

  Alexander Chee
  • Age
  • Friend
  • Husband

• My dad was Superman to me, and in my mind he always will be.

  

  Artie Lange
  • Mind
  • Dad
  • Superman

• I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.

  

  Dierks Bentley
  • Time
  • Music
  • Country

• When you believe you have a future, you think in terms of generations and years. When you do not, you live not just by the day — but by the minute.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Believe
  • Live
  • Future

• Be certain of this: that the highest aim of creation and its most important result are belief in God. The most exalted rank in humanity and its highest degree are the knowledge of God contained within belief in God.

  

  Said Nursi
  • God
  • Important
  • Knowledge