Hazrat Ali ibn Abu-Talib

"So long as fortune is favouring you, your defects will remain covered."

"Generosity is to help a deserving person without his request, and if you help him after hisrequest, then it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke."

"A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks."

"A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is under the control ofhis mind."

"Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others."