“Have they not observed, bowing in humility before Allah that the shadows of everything which Allah has created shift from the right and from the left, and they are being humbled?” – Quran 16:49.

“A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad with something better and, if there is enmity between you and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend.” – Qur’an 41:34.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, “Shall I tell you who are the best among you? … The best of you are those who when seen are a means of God being brought to mind.” – Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1302.

A person asked the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), “What is faith?” The Prophet replied, “When a good deed becomes a source of pleasure for you and an evil deed becomes a source of disgust, then you are a believer.” – Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 8.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle.