When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.

Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers

...education has always meant the initiation of the young into the social and spiritual inheritance of the community: in other words, education has meant the transmission of culture.

A fish might more easily live on the apex of a rock than a man accustomed to crime live a life of virtue. (“The Story of Prince Barkiarokh”)

Doubt is horrible feature... we all doubt that's the worst part and the worse episode in this season of doubt.

Aryal whispered, "If I start slapping people, I might not be able to stop.

I suppose you've always been amazing at this stuff."- Clary "I was born amazing." - Jace

I like the idea of a strong woman in charge.

We choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen ... or not.

Men thin away to insignificance and oblivion quite as often by not making the most of good spirits when they have them as by lacking good spirits when they are indispensable.

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.