Top 120 Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “The best companion and helper is admirable morals.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

102. “One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

103. “The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

104. “A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

105. “The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

106. “A man is hid under his tongue.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

107. “Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

108. “Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

109. “Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

110. “Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

111. “The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

112. “Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

113. “Perfecting one’s intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

114. “The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn’t take action.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

115. “Loving one another is half of wisdom.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

116. “O World, try to deceive someone else. Are you trying to tempt me or attract me? No way! I divorce you irrevocably. Your time is short and you are insignificant. Alas! The provision is little, the journey is long and the way is lonely.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

117. “Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

118. “When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

119. “I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

120. “I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

121. “People’s hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

122. “Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

123. “A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

124. “If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

125. “One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

126. “One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

127. “Reciter and listener of the Qur’an are alike in prize and reward.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

128. “Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

129. “There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

130. “No one has ever suffered from his people as I have.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib